NEW YORK, NY.- David Richard Gallery presents Sonia Gechtoff (1926-2018), The 1960s In New York: A Series of Transitions, an exhibition that looks critically into this pivotal and transformative period following the artist’s move from San Francisco in 1958. Like the preceding decade, during the mid-1950s with Gectoff’s arrival in the Bay Area, the 60s were full of change and experimentation in New York. This presentation maps several such transitions, including: changes in Gechtoff’s painting medium and method of application; experimenting with collage and lithography; but most profound, the notable change of the imagery in her drawings and paintings.

The presentation will include paintings and drawings, the mainstay of Gechtoff’s repertoire from the 1950s and 60s. Both media share strong relationships to one another with bold marks, paint laden strokes on canvas, full bodied gestures with graphite on paper, and equal attention given to figure and ground that spans both decades. However, this presentation will focus on the technical, formal and aesthetic changes that occurred in the 1960s with respect to Gechtoff’s paintings and drawings and will also include the new media of collage and lithography from that period.

Associated Artist

• Sonia Gechtoff

Associated Exhibitions

• Sonia Gechtoff Gesture Meets Hard Edge
  April 28, 2021 - May 21, 2021
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• August 1, 2022
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• August 1, 2022
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• July 27, 2022
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• December 2, 2021
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• October 27, 2021
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• October 27, 2021
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• April 26, 2021
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• April 26, 2021
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• October 12, 2019
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• September 9, 2019
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• September 9, 2019
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• September 4, 2019
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• August 28, 2019
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• March 14, 2018
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• February 9, 2018
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• February 9, 2018
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• February 8, 2018
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• May 22, 2017
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• June 23, 2016
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• February 22, 2015
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• April 13, 2014
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• October 17, 2011
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• January 20, 2011
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