The Elkon Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper by John McCracken (1934 - 2011) focusing on his abstract gouache and pastel works from the early 1970’s.
Though McCracken is well known for his minimalist sculpture and being a pioneer for the California Minimalism movement, through these sixteen multicolored works exhibited, the gallery hopes to show the complexity, depth, and painterly approach from this period.
McCracken’s first exhibition in New York was at the Robert Elkon Gallery in 1966. This developed into a friendship and gallery association that lasted many years. From there, he went on to exhibit at many galleries and institutions including his 1986 exhibition at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, and his 2011 large-scale retrospective at Castello di Rivoli in Torino, Italy. His work resides in the permanent collection of LACMA, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, D.C., the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Castello di Rivoli, Italy, to name a few.
The exhibition will be on view through December 13, 2024. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm and Saturday by appointment. For all inquiries please contact Vanessa Juriga: elkongallery@earthlink.net or call the gallery at 212-535-3940.