Julian Schnabel Van Gogh’s Trees Of Home, and Paintings From 1978 1987 at VITO SCHNABEL

James Kalm will escort hardcore paint heads, and art enthusiasts in general on a double header set of shows that features a group of recent paintings and a mini-retrospective of works by Julian Schnabel. Famed gallerist Bruno Bischofberger has curated these shows and provides a brief essay pointing out why Julian is considered one of the most influential American painted of the last forty years. Arriving on the scene in the late 1970s Schnabel was one of a few artists who had the vision and desire to try and reestablish the grand legacy of painting. Since 1964, when Don Judd had intimated that “painting is dead” the legacy of the Abstract Expressionists had been suppressed by a cadre of minimal/conceptual zealots. Some of the first reports of a revolt against this sterile intellectual ideology were heard from Europe, specifically Germany, and Italy. Bruno Bischofberger in Switzerland, was perfectly positioned to champion the Trans-Avantgarde, and became one of Schnabel’s most influential and loyal representatives. This program begins with the intimate “Van Gogh’s Trees Of Home For Peter Beard 2020” at Vito’s Clarkson Street gallery and then your reporter pedals up the West Side to Vito’s space on 19th Street for a run-through viewing of “Paintings From 1978-87". This program was recorded 9 May, 2024. A musical intro is provided by the great Adjua Ajamu. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk