Four Works, Four Years, Eight Weeks: Julian Schnabel at Oko

Julian Schabel 1978 – 1981
Oko
220 East 10th Street
February 5 – March 30, 2012

Oko presents Julian Schnabel 1978-81, a pointed study of Schnabel’s early work via a rotating exhibition of four emblematic paintings made in a period of explosive change for both the artist and the New York City art scene. Selected by independent curator Alison Gingeras, the four paintings will be shown sequentially beginning February 5, 2013. Each work will be presented individually in Oko’s space for a two-week period in order to spotlight the artist’s mastery and the development of his ideas and techniques in a seminal moment. The exhibition sheds light on the fearless experimentation of Schnabel’s early career and suggests the profound influence he has had and continues to exert upon other artists.

Image Credit:

Julian Schnabel
St. Sebastian, 1979
oil and wax on canvas
111″ x 66″
Collection of the Artist, © Julian Schnabel
Courtesy Oko/Luxembourg & Dayan