Sanford Wurmfeld: Color Visions 1966–2013

Curated by William C. Agee, Evelyn Kranes Kossak Professor of Art History with the following graduate students: Rotem Linial, Bridget McCarthy, Theresa Andrea Morrison, Joan Reutershan, and Nicoline Strøm-Jensen. 

Assisted by Constance DeJong, Gabriele Evertz
Organized by Susan Crile with Lisa Corinne Davis

February 15–April 20, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, February 15, 6-8pm

The Times Square Gallery
Hunter College Art Galleries
450 West 41st Street
New York, NY 10018

Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 1-6pm

Sanford Wurmfeld: Color Visions 1966–2013 celebrates the work of Sanford Wurmfeld, the Phyllis and Joseph Caroff Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus and the Hunter College Art Department Chair from 1978-2006. Wurmfeld is an internationally known painter and a fixture in the New York art world. For decades he has created abstract paintings about color and its affects on human mood and visual perception.  Drawing inspiration from Georges Seurat, Josef Albers, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, and his mentors and colleagues from Hunter College, among others, Sanford Wurmfeld illustrates the psychological effects of color on large-scale canvases. He has pursued a near-scientific inquiry into the perceptual and experiential effects of color while remaining an intuitive painter.  With over sixty paintings, sculptures, drawings, and films - many of which have never been exhibited - Sanford Wurmfeld: Color Visions 1966–2013 presents the most comprehensive retrospective of the artist's works from his nearly fifty-year-long career. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to explore Wurmfeld's groundbreaking examination of three-dimensional color as well as his legacy as a painter.