Almine Rech Gallery

12-07-2020: www.alminerech.com/artists/262-john-mcallister

John McAllister

  • , crackle roselike sleepy, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    154,9 x 119,4 cm
    61 x 47 inches
  • , murmur rustling melody, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    142,2 x 142,2 cm
    56 x 56 inches
  • , seemed serene blazing, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    104,1 x 78,7 cm
    41 x 31 inches
  • , tread soft summery, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    104,1 x 78,7 cm
    41 x 31 inches
  • , night bright flashing, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    142,2 x 88,9 cm
    56 x 35 inches
  • , serenest clamor sultry, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 426,7 cm
    72 x 168 inches
  • , cinder bright beckoning, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    180,3 x 149,9 cm
    71 x 59 inches
  • , sea songs glittering, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    83,8 x 61 cm
    33 x 24 inches
  • , dusk deserted walking wilds, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    83,8 x 61 cm
    33 x 24 inches
  • , dawn deserted dazing, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    180,3 x 149,9 cm
    71 x 59 inches
  • , spiry splendent, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    241,3 x 180,3 cm
    95 x 71 inches
  • , dreamy gleaming, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    154,9 x 119,4 cm
    61 x 47 inches
  • , some rhapsodies radiant, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 426,7 cm
    72 x 168 inches
  • , hued dreamy beaming, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    83,8 x 61 cm
    33 x 24 inches
  • , susurrus surrounds us, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    154,9 x 119,4 cm
    61 x 47 inches
  • , powdery galactic wandering stars, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    241,3 x 180,3 cm
    95 x 71 inches
  • , celestial shanty sung, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    104,1 x 78,7 cm
    41 x 31 inches
  • , be barely bellicose, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    119,4 x 96,5 cm
  • , confections celestial clamoring, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    119,4 x 96,5 cm
  • , chorus runs riot, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    231,1 x 190,5 cm
  • , in distant glitter, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    218,4 x 190,5 cm
  • , an intenser calm, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    190,5 x 218,4 cm

The influences of French masters such as Matisse, Bonnard, or Braque during his fauvist period reveal John McAllister’s obsession with the spectral qualities of light and its capture. The vibrant palette concentrated on a close range of colors (often lavenders, reds and purples) produces a distinctive and luxuriant blast. In his large-scale paintings and panoramas, the dualism of flat picture surface and illusionistic depth upsets traditional perspective. Against backgrounds of geometric or foliate patterns that suggest exotic textiles, ersatz wallpaper or other artworks, each work depicts a still life, landscape or decorative interior often elegant yet bordering on the decadent. Opening a window which is simultaneously poetic and metaphoric, John McAllister is playing both the role of contemporary viewer and artist.

Exhibitions

News

  • The Coalition for the Homeless - Online Viewing Room


    May 26 - June 7, 2020

     

    Almine Rech is pleased to announce a special initiative in collaboration with artists to support the individuals and families who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. A curated online exhibition will open May 26, featuring new works by New Jersey- and New York-based artists:

    Justin Adian, Joe Andoe, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Todd Bienvenu, Joe Bradley, Peter Halley, Marcus Jahmal, Kurt Kauper, Leelee Kimmel, Jeff Koons, Erik Lindman, John McAllister, Sam McKinniss, Arlene Shechet, Taryn Simon, Vaughn Spann, Genesis Tramaine, Chloe Wise.

    There are currently more people homeless in New York than at any time since the Great Depression. Tonight alone, 63,000 people - including nearly 22,000 children - will sleep in NYC shelters. As the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families, the Coalition for the Homeless provides lifesaving support to thousands of homeless and at-risk individuals every single day. Over the past 40 years, the Coalition has developed and implemented humane, cost-effective strategies to end mass homelessness once and for all, and in those four decades has given more than one million homeless New Yorkers a way off the streets.

    50% of each sale will be donated to the Coalition.

  • Selections - Online Viewing Room


    May 11 - 22, 2020

     

    Almine Rech is pleased to share with you a selection of new artworks by eleven artists the gallery represents. Entitled "Selections", the presentation takes place in our newly built 'viewing room.' It all began with the idea of expanding the experience of seeing art to a digital space where distance, simulation, and digitally constructed environments prevail, temporarily. These works in which body, figure and the identities’ essence are evident in the casting should have been presented for the first time this spring at Art Monaco, Art Brussels, and TEFAF New York, events which have either been postponed or canceled. Thus fostering proximity with an assembly of talents from the gallery, the ‘viewing room’ offers the possibility to encounter each work in a digital environment.

    Text by Alexis Vaillant
    Curator and writer
    Former Chief-curator of CAPC - Museum of Contemporary Art of Bordeaux (France)

    With works by:
    Nathaniel Mary Quinn
    Ewa Juszkiewicz
    Tom Wesselmann
    Vaughn Spann
    Brent Wadden
    Günther Förg
    Tursic & Mille
    Johan Creten
    Chloe Wise
    Markus Lüpertz
    John McAllister

    Link to the Online Viewing Room here

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