From the Archive: The Ezekiel Panels at Beth Emet Synagogue

September 17, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, Ezekiel, 1971 installation view at Beth Emet Synagogue, Evanston, Illinois. — Irving Kriesberg, *Ezekiel*, 1971 installation view at Beth Emet Synagogue, Evanston, Illinois.

43 years ago on the evening of Shabbat, September 17th, 1976, Irving Kriesberg’s seven panel mural titled Ezekiel (1971) was presented to the Beth Emet Synagogue in Evanston, Illinois. The large painting references the Biblical passage #Ezekiel: 37, The Valley of Dry Bones. The context of this passage and how it relates to the content and symbols in Kriesberg’s painting was published in Beth Emet’s Bulletin, which is featured in this post from the archives.

Exhibition News: Weird & Eerie: Selections of Extrodinary Character

September 7, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, Ascension, 1997, oil on canvas, 64 x 65 in. (162.6 x 165.1 cm) Gift of an anonymous donor; Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri (2005.22.01) — Irving Kriesberg, *Ascension*, 1997, oil on canvas, 64 x 65 in. (162.6 x 165.1 cm) Gift of an anonymous donor; Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri (2005.22.01)

Irving Kriesberg’s Ascension (1997) is included in the current exhibition: Weird & Eerie: Selections of Extraordinary Character at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.

From the Archive: Prometheus in Poetry

August 29, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, Prometheus, 1978, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 in. Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York — Irving Kriesberg, *Prometheus*, 1978, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 in. Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

The feminist author, Jane Alpert, was inspired and awestruck seeing the painting Prometheus (1978) by Kriesberg and wrote a poem in response to it. The typewritten poem is titled “On A Painting by Irving Kriesberg” (1978). This post analyzes the painting and features Alpert’s original typewritten poem, which is in the archives of the Irving Kriesberg Estate.

New Essay: Full Circle - A connection between Kriesberg and Pollock

August 27, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

During the 1940s, there was a creative zeitgeist between two proponents of Expressionist painting, Irving Kriesberg and Jackson Pollock. Pollock's circular painting, aptly titled Circle (c. 1938-41), and Kriesberg's series of 'wheel' paintings (c. 1946-1948) share specific affinities that speak to each artist's interests connecting Expressionism with non-European modes of art.

Featured work: "Blue Stockings" 1975

July 31, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, “Blue Stockings,” 1975, Oil on canvas, 53 5/8 x 67 1/4 in. (136.2 x 170.8 cm) Collection of the Estate of Irving Kriesberg, New York

Painted in 1975, this work features “one of the most insistent of Kriesberg’s images: a striding creature, an anthropomorphized animal or an animalesque man,” wrote historian Dore Ashton on the occasion of Kriesberg’s solo exhibition at Terry Dintenfass Gallery in 1978.

New Essay: From East Looking West: Revisiting the work of Irving Kriesberg

July 22, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, India, O My Beloved!, 1992, Oil and pastel on canvas, 66 1/4 x 84 3/8 in. (168.3 x 214.3 cm) Collection of the Estate of Irving Kriesberg, New York — Irving Kriesberg, *India, O My Beloved!*, 1992, Oil and pastel on canvas, 66 1/4 x 84 3/8 in. (168.3 x 214.3 cm) Collection of the Estate of Irving Kriesberg, New York

New Essay: On the occasion of the centennial of the birth of Irving Kriesberg, the Estate of Irving Kriesberg is pleased to present East Looking West: Revisiting and repositioning the work of Irving Kriesberg a new essay by Tuong Linh Do. The text focuses on the Eastern Buddhist and Hindu influences that are present within Kriesberg’s art.

Exhibition News: Kriesberg Centennial Survey at the Seattle Art Fair

July 16, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Exhibition News: The Estate of Irving Kriesberg in collaboration with Vin Gallery (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) announces a special presentation of works by American artist Irving Kriesberg (1919-2009) on the occasion of the centennial of his birth. The unique selection will be presented at the Seattle Art Fair and includes works that have never been publicly available.

From the Archive: Allan Kaprow on Kriesberg (Art International / January 1964)

January 1, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

From the Archive: On this centennial year of the birth of Irving Kriesberg, the estate looks into its archive offering up a important texts and moments in the life and art of the artist. Here is a critical essay by Allan Kaprow on nature in the art of Kriesberg.

Exhibition News: Retrospective of Irving Kriesberg (Taipei)

August 16, 2018 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Exhibition News: The Estate of Irving Kriesberg is pleased to announce that Animal Figures and His Realm: A Retrospective of Irving Kriesberg opens tomorrow, August 17th, 2018 at Galerie Grand Siecle in Taipei, Taiwan.