New exhibit of old work?
There is a chance that there will be an exhibit of never before shown Ken Nack art in April 2012. Please check back here or email brad@bradnack.com for more information.
New exhibition
Ken Nack with Fernand Léger Paris 1950.
To see images please email or submit request.
Studio visits available, contact the Ken Nack estate 805 845-5389.
Location Santa Barbara California.
Kenneth George Nack ( January 14, 1923 - December 15, 2009) was an American abstract painter, collage artist, and art professor. In his early work he took from his environment and created abstract interpretations, most notably of Chicago’s urban areas. His use of calligraphic line has caused him to be regarded as a bridge between figurative and abstract mid-century American painting.
Education.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Nack / Leger Photo: © Gene Fenn.
Galleries.
Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery Chicago.
Kenneth Nack was born in 1923 and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1949. After graduation, he moved to Paris, where he studied with Fernand Leger. In 1950, he was featured in LIFE magazine as one of the nineteen best young American painters. Mr. Nack traveled extensively in Mexico and Europe and ran a gallery in San Francisco before he finally settled in Santa Barbara, California to teach. Mr. Nack was Chair of the Art Department at Santa Barbara City College for 35 years, and retired at the age of 74. Mr. Nack has exhibited in numerous American and international museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and many others.
As I work I do not want to tell a story. I want the viewer to make up their own story from what they are seeing. I don’t want a person to say, ‘I am reading something here.’ I like it to happen in a different way. A person invents from what they see. I hope people will look at these pieces and say: ‘Oh, yeah, that’s what it is. Oh yes.’ The pieces will speak for themselves. They are kind of like stories - stories that are different. - Ken Nack
Auction.
Associated Artists.
George Goyer
