The Rectangle is History; Free Form is Boundless

 

For Immediate Release

Taylor Fine Art presents

Art Exhibition

The Rectangle is History; Free Form is Boundless

Exhibition Dates: November 2nd – December 7th, 2024

Opening Night: November 2nd, 7 – 10 PM

6039 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

RSVP: Candice Taylor@TaylorMadePR.US@gmail.com or at 424-253-4242

Open to Public

10 – 4PM

 

Jerrold Simon Bio:

 

https://jsimonfreeformpainting.com/about/

 

The Rectangle is History; Free Form is Boundless

Jerrold Simon's work represents a seminal new direction in painting, namely abandoning the confines of the rectangle which has been used historically in favor of free form borders.

Jerrold Simon attended the Fine Arts program at the University of Texas in Austin.  After graduation Simon moved to Los Angeles where he worked on campaigns for Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger films.  He then completed his masters in architectural art at Cal State Berkeley. 

Jerrold Simon lived many years in New York where he spent a lot of his time amongst the elite galleries and museums.  All this experience in the creative sector led Simon to the discovery of the seminal style we know today.  It was in San Francisco and then later amongst the nature of Oregon that he made this discovery through his own painting. Simon began to feel traditional canvas shapes were restricting.  He continued exploring the idea of moving away from the traditional square and rectangular canvas and the development of free-shaped edge and dimensional surfaces.  Jerrold no longer looked exclusively at the landscape from the ground, where the horizon, the sky and the traditional rules of perspective are so important. Simon used new perspectives - such as views during air travel to see landscape differently - looking down instead of outward - where the rules of negative space in landscape no longer apply.