Joe Forkan's blog • Notes about Painting

The Lebowski Cycle at Flecker Gallery, Selden, New York • Extended until Dec 2, 2013 •

A new exhibition of paintings from the Lebowski Cycle opens next week at the Flecker Gallery in Selden, New York. I am working to finish printing limited edition giclees of many of the paintings, which should be available soon. Catalogs from the show will also be available. Please check back or leave your email address in the comments section and I will email you with information when they are available.

The Raft of the Medusa (After Géricault) • Joe Forkan 2011, oil on linen, 84″ x 144″

The Flecker Gallery is pleased to announce that it will host The Lebowski Cycle: Paintings by Joe Forkan from October 17 through December 02, 2013.

An opening reception and gallery discussion will take place on Thursday, October 17 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event is open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

The Lebowski Cycle: Paintings by Joe Forkan
October 17 – November 12, 2013

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10AM until 3PM. For additional information, please call 631-451-4093 or visit fleckergallery.org

Matthew Neil Gehring

Gallery Director and Curator, Flecker Gallery
Suffolk County Community College
Ammerman Campus
533 College Road
Selden, NY 11784

sunysuffolk.edu

fleckergallery.org

Video excerpt from current exhibition – The Darkened Room

Solo Exhibition • The Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

The Darkened Room opens today at the Higher Bridges Gallery in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The show is comprised of a series of figurative monotype triptychs and a video piece that combines dozens of monotypes, drawings and paintings into thousands of shifting images in a looping meditation on the complexities of memory. Below are a few examples, plus some details.

Elizabeth Portrait 09 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

detail • Elizabeth Portrait 09 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

Elizabeth Portrait 03 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

detail • Elizabeth Portrait 03 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

Elizabeth Portrait 01 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

detail • Elizabeth Portrait 01 • Joe Forkan 2013, monotype, 22″ x 30″

Paintings from the Lebowski Cycle

The Death of Marat (After David) • Joe Forkan 2008, oil on linen, 96″ x 58″

I’ve had a few requests to put all of the original 14 paintings from The Lebowski Cycle into one post. So, here they are. The source paintings and more info about the Cycle can be found deeper in this blog.

It looks like there will be a couple of exhibits of the original paintings coming up in the next year, one in California, and one in New York. Check back for more info.

Also, I’ll be printing some limited edition giclee prints in the near future. Send me an email if you want to be notified when they are available.