Franklin Parrasch Gallery, Inc.

Franklin Parrasch Gallery is pleased to present its first exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based artist Edith Baumann (b. 1948). Baumann’s most recent paintings emerge from an ongoing series centered on geometric abstraction and veiled fields. This show includes seven recent works on canvas of varying scale that are deeply connected to Baumann’s love for jazz and her daily meditation practice, and which exemplify her technically-driven process.

In a 1977 interview with writer Tony Hiss, MoMA’s then-curator of photography John Sworkowski used the phrase “moments between events” to describe the sensibility of time and space in the work of photographer Stephen Shore1, adding that these points are “not boring, not empty – but suspended.” The frailty and fragility of life, memory, and matter, and how those things never completely leave but are continuously in a state of transformation, is a thought concertedly addressed by each of these artists. The works in this show engage a transition where materials and concepts crystallize, and where the sensation of separate events are bridged.

Mildred Howard's works consistently, persistently, and poetically address themes such as domesticity, transparency, containment, and loss. Mildred Howard (b. 1945, San Francisco, CA) lives and works in Oakland, CA. Her works are held in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (CA), the De Young Museum (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CA), Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, CT) and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA), among others.

Image Caption: Installation View: Peter Alexander: Early Sculpture 1965 - 1972

Image Caption: Charles Ross "Solar Pyramid VII" 1982 exploded pigment on paper 37.25 x 49 inches Copyright Charles Ross, Courtesy Franklin Parrasch Gallery