The Poetry of Purity and Brevity
Purity and Brevity
Curated by Mikhail Magaril and Viktor Bogorad
Works by Kathy Caraccio, Tim Carrier, Midori Curtis, Michael DiCerbo, Helen Frank, Vijay Kumar, Gerson Leiber, Adam Pitt, Jeff Russel, Robin Sherin and Sharon Shiraga.
When selecting works, we were guided by the principles of LeoTolstoy:
“Surest sign of truth -is simplicity and clarity. Lies are always complex, elaborate, and wordy.”
“Simplicity- is a prerequisite for beauty.”
Blox VI
2005
Etching with aquatint
I:11.75" x 8.75"
P: 15" x 11.25"
Houses I
2005
Etching with aquatint
I: 8.75" x 11.75"
P: 11.25" x 15"
Boss Spirt
2017
Relief woodcut
I: 18" x 9.25"
P: 25" x 15.5"
No Title
2002
Intaglio and relief woodcut
I: 24" x 37"
P: 25" x 38"
Plan for My Cage in a Cage In a Cage
2005
Etching
I: 17.75" x 23.75"
P: 23.5" x 30"
Building With Notch
2006
Aquatint
I: 28" x 22"
P: Bleed
Tires #1
2016
Drawing and Collage
I: 6" x 9"
P: Bleed
Screen I
1986
Steel aquatint
I: 17.75" x 23.75"
P: 22.25" x 30"
"Viktor Bogorad and I are different people.
For example, he is a cartoonist and an avid smoker, on the contrary,
I don't smoke and don't draw cartoons.
Viktor lives in Russia, and I live in New York
It's hard to believe, but we have been friends for almost 40 years.
With invention of Skype, there was an opportunity for collaboration.
This is how the joint project "Grimm" was carried out,
dedicated to the anniversary of the famous German writers, the Brothers Grimm.
We continue to cooperate and are now working on a project related to Covid, quarantine, verse by Joseph Brodsky and an improbable toothpick ballet."
Mikhail Magaril, April 2021
Hampton Horizon
2002
Collagraph
I: 13" x 13"
P: 15.25" x 15"
Thank You
2000
Monotype
I: 9.5" x 8"
P: 19.5" x 15"
Playfulness
2000
Collagraph with Chine Collé
I: 15.5" x 23.75"
P: 22.5" x 30"
Striat
2000
Aquatint
I: 12.5" x 9.5"
P: -----
Coney Island
2010
Aquatint, spit bite and relief
I:18" x14.75"
P: 30" x 22.25"
Canal Street
1990
Etching, aquatint, spit bite
I: 17" x 23.5"
P: 24" x 30"
Panna
1984
Aquatint with chine collé
I: 15.75" x 11.5"
P: 21.5" x 17"