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<strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>’s<br />
People Places and Things. New Work<br />
Emery Community Arts Center<br />
University of Maine Farmington<br />
6 July - 12 August, 2012
Curatorial Statement<br />
Maine Master <strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>’s new works, bursting with vivid colors, engage subjects that are mutable, repeated and transformed<br />
on a complex layered surface. The paintings in <strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>’s People Places and Things juxtapose surprising and ordinary subject<br />
matter in a compositional interplay between the abstract and the figurative. The exhibition is an inspired return to familiar <strong>Garde</strong><br />
subjects, building to an even more playful and sometimes disquieting translation.<br />
<strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong> sees his works as fields of play, as open texts. His portraits, vases, coffee cups and kimono inhabit ambivalent<br />
places and spaces, inviting the <strong>view</strong>er into an intimate conversation. Pentimenti lurk in washes of pigment, drawing the <strong>view</strong>er in<br />
to build a deep, ongoing dialogue. The simplicity and immediacy of acrylic paint together with brushwork dancing between the raw<br />
and lyrical evoke the artist’s abstract-expressionist background.<br />
<strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>’s place in the world of art is defiant in its bridging of the modern and contemporary. He describes his role as an<br />
instigator, challenging other artists to “explore courageously.” Living as a modernist in communities steeped in traditional painting,<br />
<strong>Garde</strong>’s bold artistic spirit continues to generate tremendous energy and innovation.<br />
Rebecca Grzesik (UMF Class of 2013)<br />
Sarah Maline, PhD (Director, UMF Art Gallery)<br />
Presenter<br />
2012. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas
Figure and Profile<br />
2009. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
New Cup for the Beggar Man 2011. 34x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
1 2
Purple Face<br />
2010. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Square Face<br />
2009. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
3 4
Window<br />
2009. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas Yellow Table 2009. 44x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
5 6
Split II 2009. 30x56” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
Split III<br />
2009. 43.5x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Split I 2009. 30x56” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
7 8
Opaline<br />
2010. 42x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
3 + 3 + 3<br />
2010. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
9 10
Black Vase, 3 Flowers<br />
2012. 42x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Cut Strappo Flower 2011. 37x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
11 12
5 Black Vessels<br />
2010. 44x54”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
2 Vessels<br />
2010. 42x54”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
13 14
Dark Reflect<br />
2011. 37x42”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
I think it was lovely, I’m trying to remember<br />
2010. 33x38” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
15 16
Celebration Kimono<br />
2012. 43x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Thrust Kimono<br />
2012. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
17 18
Dark Kimono<br />
2011. 44x55.5”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Silk Kimono 2011. 43x66” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
19 20
Torso with Wounds<br />
2011. 43x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Le Ideé Bonne 2011. 42.5x66” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
21 22
With Hand Puppets 2009. 50x71” - Acrylic on canvas Tryst-Missed 2010. 43x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
23 24
Jazz II<br />
2012. 38x38”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
Jazz III<br />
2012. 44x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
25 26
Jazz I 2012. 31x58” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
Warrior<br />
2012. 43.5x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
27 28
Summer 2012. 43x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
m q ∆<br />
2010. 33x38” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
29 30
Pitcher 2012. 40.5x66” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
Not Alone 2011. 33x38” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
31 32
Head with Red 2012. 30x55” - Acrylic on canvas 3 Black on Red<br />
2010. 43x55”<br />
Acrylic on canvas<br />
33 34
Acknowledgements<br />
Mounting an art exhibition takes much more than hanging paintings on walls.<br />
We gratefully thank the following people for bringing this show to the public:<br />
Sarah Maline, PhD, Curator and her intern assistants, Rebecca Grzesik (UMF Class of 2013), Mallory Smith (UMF Class of 2014), and Hillary Tozier (UMF Class<br />
of 2015); Bill and Kathie Hohns, for their on-going friendship and sponsorship of this project; Jayne Decker, Director, Emery Arts Center; Stanley Spilecki, Jr.,<br />
Technical Director, Emery Arts Center; Andrew G. Joia, for his graphic design; and Wayne McAfee, Noah Fishman and Elizabeth McAvoy for providing art work<br />
preparation.<br />
It has been our pleasure to work with you all,<br />
Elissa <strong>Garde</strong>-Joia, Exhibition Coordinator<br />
Copyright 2012<br />
by <strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form<br />
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and<br />
retrieval system, without permission from the artist.<br />
For more works by <strong>Harold</strong> <strong>Garde</strong>, please visit <strong>Harold</strong><strong>Garde</strong>.com<br />
Catalog and cover design by Andrew <strong>Garde</strong> Joia - drewdrewthis@gmail.com<br />
Emery Community Arts Center<br />
University of Maine Farmington<br />
Farmington, Maine 04938 Trek 2010. 44x67” - Acrylic on canvas<br />
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haroldgarde.com
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