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Julian Stanczak: Early Masterworks

Past exhibition
February 19 - April 5, 2025
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Julian Stanczak, 'Cool Solar,' 1974
Julian Stanczak, 'Cool Solar,' 1974

“For me, the experience of any art, my own included, should set us free."

Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to announce Early Masterworks, a solo exhibition of paintings by Julian Stanczak. This is Julian Stanczak's fifth solo exhibition with our gallery and showcases rare work dating from 1964 - 1983. 

 

There is an opening reception on Wednesday, February 19 from 6-8pm.

 

The selection of paintings on view include ‘circles,’ ‘cut-outs,’ and 'transparencies' – subtle and overlapping motifs that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a decisive decade in which Stanczak shifted from his early ‘Op Art’ paintings to a geometric abstraction. The craftmanship of Stanczak’s paintings conceals the effort, just as “nature conceals its order,” he recalled in a 2012 interview with the critic Dave Hickey. The poetic eloquence of his meticulous compositions also reveals an affinity with classical music and conjures the simple complexity of Philip Glass, whose intricate music also relies on the transformative repetition of rhythms. 

 

Julian Stanczak (POL/USA, 1928 - 2017) was a painter, printmaker, and educator who emigrated from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio in 1950. He took his BFA at the Cleveland Institute of Art; and his MFA at Yale in 1956, where he studied with Josef Albers and Conrad Marca- Relli. Recognized as an early proponent of 'Op Art' painting, Stanczak exhibited with Martha Jackson Gallery in NYC from 1964 - 1979. 

 

This month, Stanczak's geometric paintings are included in Kandinsky's Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century, at Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. Since 1948 to the present day, Julian Stanczak's paintings and prints have been consistently exhibited in museums, institutions, biennials, and galleries throughout the world. Notable historic group shows include The Responsive Eye, MoMA (1965); Site and Insight: An Assemblage of Artists (Curated by Agnes Gund), MOMA/ P.S. 1 (2003), Ghosts in the Machine, New Museum, (2012), and Geometric Obsession: The American School 1965-2015, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina (2016). Major solo exhibitions include Julian Stanczak: 50 Year Retrospective, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, (2001) and Line Color Illusion: 40 Years of Collecting, Julian Stanczak, Akron Art Museum, Ohio (2013). 

 

His work is included in the permanent collection of more than 100 institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery, Washington, DC; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 

 
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Works
  • Julian Stanczak Burning Through Yellow, 1970
    Julian Stanczak
    Burning Through Yellow, 1970
  • Julian Stanczak Cool Solar, 1974
    Julian Stanczak
    Cool Solar, 1974
  • Julian Stanczak Frosty Blue, 1976
    Julian Stanczak
    Frosty Blue, 1976
  • Julian Stanczak Spring Color Pastel, 1983
    Julian Stanczak
    Spring Color Pastel, 1983
  • Julian Stanczak Stretching Out, 1971
    Julian Stanczak
    Stretching Out, 1971
  • Julian Stanczak Unashamed of Change I, II, and III, 1968
    Julian Stanczak
    Unashamed of Change I, II, and III, 1968
Installation Views
  • Julian Stanczak Early Masterworks 2025 Diane Rosenstein Gallery Photo By Robert Wedemeyer Installation View 1
  • Julian Stanczak Early Masterworks 2025 Diane Rosenstein Gallery Photo By Robert Wedemeyer Installation View A
  • Julian Stanczak Early Masterworks 2025 Diane Rosenstein Gallery Photo By Robert Wedemeyer Installation View 2
Publications
  • Julian Stanczak

    Julian Stanczak

    Early Masterworks Julian Stanczak, 2025
    Soft cover Monograph 58 pages
    Publisher: Diane Rosenstein Gallery
    ISBN: 979-8-9892909-3-2
    Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 inches
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