American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary

American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary featured artwork selected by OK Harris Works of Art from 77 current members of the organization as well as ephemera representing some of the group’s past history. This coherent exhibition spanned several generations of artists and included a broad range of approaches to abstraction. Works displayed covered a variety of mediums, sizes and the exhibition included many large scale paintings.

OK Harris Works of Art was founded by Ivan C. Karp in 1969. It was the first gallery on West Broadway and was instrumental in the development of SoHo as an art district in Manhattan. In its spacious facility, OK Harris is able to mount five one-person shows simultaneously and has seven such exhibitions in the course of a year. The entire gallery space was devoted to this museum scale exhibition in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of American Abstract Artists.

Exhibiting artists included Alice Adams, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Martin Ball, Will Barnet, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Kenneth Bushnell, James Clark, Mark Dagley, Tom Doyle, Tom Evans, Gabriele Evertz, Vito Giacalone, John Goodyear, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Heidi Gluck, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel Hill, Charles Hinman, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Steve Karlik, Marthe Keller, Victor Kord, Irene Lawrence, Mon Levinson, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, David Mackenzie, Stephen Maine, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, Mary Obering, John Obuck, John Pai, John Phillips, Corey Postiglione, Lucio Pozzi, Richard Pugliese, Raquel Rabinovich, Leo Rabkin, David Reed, Ce Roser, Dorothea Rockburne, Irene Rousseau, David Row, James Seawright, Edward Shalala, Babe Shapiro, Louis Silverstein, Dick Stone, Peter Stroud, Robert Swain, Richard Timperio, Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine, Merrill Wagner, Joan Waltemath, Joan Webster Price, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Thornton Willis, Mark Williams, Kes Zapkus and Nola Zirin.