Gerald Hayes (artist)
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| Born | Gerald Eugene Hayes  |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Los Angeles, California |
| Date of Birth | April 9, 1940 |
| Website | ghayesweb.com |
Background
Gerry Hayes is an American painter who in addition to his paintings, has created installation sculpture and conceptual ideas documented in photography. Born in Los Angeles he was raised in various parts of the South with his family moving, often, every two years. His early education was in New Orleans, San Antonio, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama.
Education
Undergraduate
In 1962, Hayes obtained his Bachelor of Visual Arts degree at Auburn University in graphic design with an emphasis on painting. For the next two years he was employed as the Art and Staging Supervisor for Auburn University Educational Television.
Graduate
Moving to Champaign/Urbana, Illinois in 1964, Hayes earned a masters ( MFA ) degree in Painting and Printmaking at the University of Illinois in 1966. Fellow students in the Graduate (MFA) Program were Edward Miller, Louise Fishman, Guy Goodwin, Jim Jordan, Ron Linden, William Wegman, Robert Cumming, Eve Sonneman, Bill Mahan, Ron Rizk, John Sparks and others. The printmaker Lee Chesney was senior graduate faculty who later became Chair of the Art Department at USC in Los Angeles. Upon obtaining his MFA degree, Gerry was awarded a two year full time position teaching painting and drawing at the University of Illinois until moving to New York City in August of 1968.
Life in New York
In the late 1960s and early 1970s vacant loft buildings in what is now called Soho and Tribeca, were attractive to visual artists due to low rents and very large open floors for studio and living spaces. From 1968 to 1976, Hayes lived in a loft building on Church Street, below Canal. Other notable pioneers of this neighborhood were painters Harriet Korman, John Seery, David Diao, Lynton Wells and Jack Whitten, graphic artist Lynn Goodwin, fashion designers Betsy Johnson and Kathy Moskell, sculptor Dennis Oppenheim, performance artist Laurie Anderson, painters Judy Rifka, David Reed, Larry Poons and others.
In 1976, Hayes moved into a building on Chambers Street near West Broadway. Artists in this neighborhood were Pamela Pappas, Deli Sacilotto, Craig Fisher, James Rosenquist, Linda Francis, Joe Haske and Daisy Youngblood, Keith Sonnier, Paul Rotterdam, Hugh O'Donnell and art dealers Richard Bellamy, Hal Bromm and others.
Teaching
1966-68 University of Illinois, 1981-83 Parsons School of Design, 1980 University of Hawaii. Most of Gerry's academic career was at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York (1971-2006). Early years at Pratt he was full-time graduate faculty with seminars in painting, drawing and printmaking. In 1983 he served as Chair of the Painting and Drawing Department. From 1985 on, Gerry taught and worked as Assistant Chair to Department Chairs, Mel Alexenberg, Frank Lind and Donna Moran. In 2008 Hayes was awarded Professor Emeritus status for his service to the Institute.
Artworks and Exhibitions
Early Exhibitions
The first solo exhibition in New York of Gerry's art work was in 1970 at Reese Palley Gallery in Soho. Another show of sculpture installations in 1971 was at Bradford College, Massachusetts, Douglas Heubler, Chairman. Also that year, James Harithas, director of Reese Palley Gallery included Gerry's work in the "Lucht Kunst" ( Air Art ) exhibit at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the next year at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York. Sculpture and photo documentation pieces were included in an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, titled, "Earth, Air, Fire and Water : Elements of Art." When Dave Hickey was the new director of the Reese Palley Gallery, the artist and producer of the "Elements" exhibit, Virginia Gunter wrote the first major article on Hayes' work for ARTFORUM, May 1973, titled "Gerald Hayes: The Creativity of the Psychological Eye[1]." Gerry's concerns in photo-documentation and para-sculpture ideas were made public in the open mall exhibit space of the City University of New York on 42nd Street in Manhattan. A full page of photos of some of these works were featured in FLASH ART magazine in October 1973.
Photo Drawings
New art work from 1973 to 1976 took the form of drawing with an ink compass on large photographs, relating to the arcs of curved shapes and patterns of plant leaves. Some of these photo drawings were shown at the 112 Green Street Gallery in Soho when Jeffery Lew was director. Related new work of drawn circles and leaf collage were exhibited in a three person show, "Hayes, Miller and Ortwein" in Bevier Gallery at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Hybrid Works
The 1978 year was a return to painting after a 10 year absence. Gerry's new work combined photography with painting into a complex tondo (circular) form. In an article in ARTS Magazine, June 1980, the painter and critic Craig Fisher explored the hybrid nature of these works[2]. Robert Pincus-Witten also discussed current and early works in his diary-style writing, "Entries: Styles of Artists and Critics" in ARTS Magazine, November 1979. University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum curator Phyllis Plous included Gerry's leaf arc drawing, a tondo painting and a wall installation in an exhibit titled "DARK/LIGHT" in 1980. The exhibit traveled to Scripps College in 1982 and was reviewed by Artweek and The Los Angeles Times which included a photo of his installation.
TONDO PAINTINGS
A large scale tondo painting was included in a group exhibition at Hofstra University "Abstract Painting, New York City: 1981" The exhibit was reviewed for The New York Times by David Shirey and Tiffany Bell authored the catalog essay. In March of 1982 a one person show of his tondo and square paintings were exhibited at the Harm Bouckaert Gallery on Hudson Street in Tribeca. A comprehensive monograph in ARTS Magazine by Robert Yoskowitz coincided with this exhibit.
SOLO SHOWS
One person exhibitions in 1990 were at the Stockton State College Art Gallery and at the Calkins Gallery at Hofstra University. Exhibitions of works in 1997 were group shows, "African/American" at the Mobile Museum of Art and "Abstraction Index" at Condeso/Lawler Gallery in Soho New York and a one person exhibit titled, "Drawing After the Arcade", at Southern Cross University Art Museum, Australia[3].
A three person show, "Signature Painting," followed in 1998 at the Gallery Korea in New York. ( Gerald Hayes, Mark Lim and Ted Kurahara )
ALGUS and MoMA
The art dealer, Mitchell Algus curated an exhibit of art from the 1970s that included Gerry Hayes, Judith Murray, Deborah Remington and Ted Stamm. From this show in May of 2000 a work by Hayes was purchased by collectors Eileen and Michael Cohen who eventually donated the work to The Museum of Modern Art.
Paintings by Gerry Hayes and Scott Malbaurn were shown at Denise Bibro's Platform Gallery in Chelsea (2008). The exhibit was reviewed by Mario Naves in The Nw York Observer.
EXHIBIT at MoMA
On May 14, 2009, Gerry Hayes was one of 5 artists whose work in the "Compass in Hand: The Judith Rothschild Collection" exhibition discussed their work at a public lecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A biographical article on the work of Gerald Hayes (March 2011) was prepared by art historian, Dr. Helmut Kronthaler for a German art encyclopedia, "Allgemeines Kunsterlexikon". French art critic, Timothee Chaillou, included Gerry's work in a group show in Paris in 2011, titled "No Color in Your Cheeks Unless the Wind Lashes Your Face".
Collections
Alliance Bernstein Art Collection
Addison Gallery of Art at Phillips Academy
Art Centers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph
Huntsville Art Museum
Mitchell Algus Fine Arts
Museum of Modern Art New York
Pratt Institute Library
Southern Cross University Art Museum
Current Life
A long time New York City resident, Hayes, his wife, Pam and daughter, Holly moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts in 2006, where they currently reside. Gerry maintains his painting studio and makes monthly trips to New York.
External Links
Website
www.ghayesweb.com
Gerald Hayes in The Museum of Modern Art collection
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=96120
"Gerald Hayes: The Creativity of the Psychological Eye." Artforum XI
http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=16794#.U9FUYV5IhBU
References
- ^ Gunter, Virginia (May 1973). "Gerald Hayes: The Creativity of the Psychological Eye". Artforum Magazine.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Fisher, Craig (June 1980). "Gerald Hayes' Hybrid Investigations". Arts Magazine: 36.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Bendheim, Anne (January 12, 1997). "Black or White". Mobile Register.
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