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JASON MIDDLEBROOK: Light Lines

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9 June - 23 July, 2022
  • Jason Middlebrook

    Light Lines

    9 June - 23 July 2022

  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MILES McENERY GALLERY is delighted to announce an exhibition of paintings by Jason Middlebrook. The artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery will open on 9 June at 525 West 22nd Street and remain on view through 23 July 2022. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Peter Heller.

  • New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’ 9 June - 23 July 2022 Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, ‘Jason Middlebrook: Light Lines,’  9 June - 23 July 2022
    Image: Christopher Burke Studio. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

  • 'Music is always on in the studio. For over thirty years, I have been making art to music and the...
    Jason Middlebrook
    Altered View, 2022
    Acrylic on elm
    43 x 33 1/2 x 3 inches
    109.2 x 85.1 x 7.6 cm

    "Music is always on in the studio. For over thirty years, I have been making art to music and the lyrics help form memories of the art I have made. The songs are poetry that inspire universal themes and knowing what comes next in a song allows me to expand my vocabulary as a painter and a maker. When I’m in my studio and the music is on I’m in paradise just like Ray Davies viewing the Waterloo Sunset."

    - Jason Middlebrook

    • Jason Middlebrook Eight Sunsets, 2022 Acrylic on maple 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 inches 115.6 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Eight Sunsets, 2022
      Acrylic on maple
      45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 inches
      115.6 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Eleven Sunsets, 2022 Acrylic on cottonwood, maple and walnut 53 x 40 7/8 x 2 inches 134.6 x 103.8 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Eleven Sunsets, 2022
      Acrylic on cottonwood, maple and walnut
      53 x 40 7/8 x 2 inches
      134.6 x 103.8 x 5.1 cm
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  • 'I thank the sunsets and the trees and the moons of Jason Middlebrook for reminding me what we’re here for:...
    Jason Middlebrook
    Honeysuckle all the Time, 2022
    Acrylic on curly maple
    31 1/4 x 38 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches
    79.4 x 98.4 x 5.7 cm

    "I thank the sunsets and the trees and the moons of Jason Middlebrook for reminding me what we’re here for: to stand on a ledge at sunset and be overcome, and to not know if we should dance or grieve."

    - Peter Heller in "A Conversation With The Work Of Jason Middlebrook"

  • Jason Middlebrook New Branches, 2022 Acrylic on maple, curly maple and elm 36 3/4 x 72 x 2 inches 93.3...
    Jason Middlebrook
    New Branches, 2022
    Acrylic on maple, curly maple and elm
    36 3/4 x 72 x 2 inches
    93.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm
    Jason Middlebrook
    New Branches, 2022
    Acrylic on maple, curly maple and elm
    36 3/4 x 72 x 2 inches
    93.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Night Chicory, 2022 Acrylic on elm 34 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches 87.6 x 65.1 x 5.7 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Night Chicory, 2022
      Acrylic on elm
      34 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches
      87.6 x 65.1 x 5.7 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook One Branch in Six Skies, 2022 Acrylic on walnut, cherry and maple 39 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 2 inches 100.3 x 133.4 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      One Branch in Six Skies, 2022
      Acrylic on walnut, cherry and maple
      39 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 2 inches
      100.3 x 133.4 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Road to the Top (Icebergs Are In Trouble), 2022 Acrylic on elm and ash 63 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 2 inches 161.9 x 90.2 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Road to the Top (Icebergs Are In Trouble), 2022
      Acrylic on elm and ash
      63 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 2 inches
      161.9 x 90.2 x 5.1 cm
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  • 'And so with the limb on its bed of green in Spring Beauty. Stand back and feel it as something...
    Jason Middlebrook
    Spring Beauty, 2022
    Acrylic on elm
    66 x 37 x 1 inches
    167.6 x 94 x 2.5 cm

    "And so with the limb on its bed of green in Spring Beauty. Stand back and feel it as something alive that will reach for you from the wall. Imagine: I am a tree. I am felled and milled. I am planed and cut to quadrilaterals on which, evidently, I am to be painted. But the shapes are refractory, they refuse to hold four sides, or easy angles, and they will not fit neatly. And then: I am painted, a shade of AstroTurf, and scored with rulered lines like marks on an irrigated field seen from space. But guess what? The living limb cannot be contained."

    - Peter Heller in "A Conversation With The Work Of Jason Middlebrook" 

    • Jason Middlebrook Sunset Cliffs, 2022 Acrylic on curly maple 38 x 40 x 2 1/2 inches 96.5 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Sunset Cliffs, 2022
      Acrylic on curly maple
      38 x 40 x 2 1/2 inches
      96.5 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Ten Skies Towards Night, 2022 Acrylic on maple and walnut 29 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches 74.3 x 65.4 x 7 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Ten Skies Towards Night, 2022
      Acrylic on maple and walnut
      29 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
      74.3 x 65.4 x 7 cm
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  • Jason Middlebrook The Spaces Between Us, 2022 Acrylic on english elm 38 x 51 7/8 x 2 inches 96.5 x...
    Jason Middlebrook
    The Spaces Between Us, 2022
    Acrylic on english elm
    38 x 51 7/8 x 2 inches
    96.5 x 131.8 x 5.1 cm
     
    Jason Middlebrook
    The Spaces Between Us, 2022
    Acrylic on english elm
    38 x 51 7/8 x 2 inches
    96.5 x 131.8 x 5.1 cm
  • 'And the moons across the room in Three Moons, Three Nights agree. They march through their phases and the light...
    Jason Middlebrook
    Three Moons, Three Nights, 2022
    Acrylic on elm and maple
    40 3/8 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches
    102.6 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm

    "And the moons across the room in Three Moons, Three Nights agree. They march through their phases and the light they shed refracts through the colors of a heart that is dumbstruck and can only beat on to its own music. There is nothing else to do. All of art, if it is good and true, must enact this dance."

    - Peter Heller in "A Conversation With The Works of Jason Middlebrook" 

  • JASON MIDDLEBROOK (b. 1966, Jackson, MI) received his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,...

    Jason Middlebrook, Photo by J Caldwell

    JASON MIDDLEBROOK (b. 1966, Jackson, MI) received his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. He completed an Independent Study Program at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

     

    Recent solo exhibitions include “Light Lines,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming); Galleria Gianpaolo Abbondio, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 7, Todi, Italy (forthcoming); “Skies,” David Smith Gallery, Denver, CO; “Another World,” Moss Arts Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg,VA; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA; LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA; Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY;“The Last Tree on the Planet,” Lora Reynolds Gallery,Austin,TX;“My Grain,” Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy; “Drawing Time,” David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO; and “Time Compression Keeps Me Coming Back for More,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX.

     

    Recent group exhibitions include “Arboreal,” Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; “Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “Nuevas Adquisiciones: UAG Permanent Collection 2015-2017,” New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; “Wood as Muse” (curated by Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein), The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA; “Maker, Maker” (curated by Paul Laster and Renée Riccardo), Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY; “Taconic North” (curated by Susan Jennings and Julie Torres), LABspace, Hillsdale, NY; “Cortesie per gli ospiti,” Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy; “Casa Futura Pietra,” Parco Archeologico di Siponto, Siponto, Italy; “Relevant Notes,” Cara Gallery, New York, NY; “Geomagic: Art, Science, and the Zuhl Collection,” New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM; and “Contexture,” Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY.

     

    His work is included in the collections of Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Altoids Collection, New York, NY; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Marte Museum, San Salvador, El Salvador; Microsoft Corporate Art Collection, Redmond,WA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; NASA Art Program, Washington, D.C.; New Museum, New York, NY; Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; US Embassy, Podgorica, Montenegro, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

     

    Middlebrook lives and works in Hudson, NY.

    • Jason Middlebrook Altered View, 2022 Acrylic on elm 43 x 33 1/2 x 3 inches 109.2 x 85.1 x 7.6 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Altered View, 2022
      Acrylic on elm
      43 x 33 1/2 x 3 inches
      109.2 x 85.1 x 7.6 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Eight Sunsets, 2022 Acrylic on maple 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 inches 115.6 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Eight Sunsets, 2022
      Acrylic on maple
      45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 inches
      115.6 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Eleven Sunsets, 2022 Acrylic on cottonwood, maple and walnut 53 x 40 7/8 x 2 inches 134.6 x 103.8 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Eleven Sunsets, 2022
      Acrylic on cottonwood, maple and walnut
      53 x 40 7/8 x 2 inches
      134.6 x 103.8 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Honeysuckle all the Time, 2022 Acrylic on curly maple 31 1/4 x 38 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches 79.4 x 98.4 x 5.7 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Honeysuckle all the Time, 2022
      Acrylic on curly maple
      31 1/4 x 38 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches
      79.4 x 98.4 x 5.7 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook New Branches, 2022 Acrylic on maple, curly maple and elm 36 3/4 x 72 x 2 inches 93.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      New Branches, 2022
      Acrylic on maple, curly maple and elm
      36 3/4 x 72 x 2 inches
      93.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Night Chicory, 2022 Acrylic on elm 34 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches 87.6 x 65.1 x 5.7 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Night Chicory, 2022
      Acrylic on elm
      34 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches
      87.6 x 65.1 x 5.7 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook One Branch in Six Skies, 2022 Acrylic on walnut, cherry and maple 39 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 2 inches 100.3 x 133.4 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      One Branch in Six Skies, 2022
      Acrylic on walnut, cherry and maple
      39 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 2 inches
      100.3 x 133.4 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Road to the Top (Icebergs Are In Trouble), 2022 Acrylic on elm and ash 63 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 2 inches 161.9 x 90.2 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Road to the Top (Icebergs Are In Trouble), 2022
      Acrylic on elm and ash
      63 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 2 inches
      161.9 x 90.2 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Spring Beauty, 2022 Acrylic on elm 66 x 37 x 1 inches 167.6 x 94 x 2.5 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Spring Beauty, 2022
      Acrylic on elm
      66 x 37 x 1 inches
      167.6 x 94 x 2.5 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Sunset Cliffs, 2022 Acrylic on curly maple 38 x 40 x 2 1/2 inches 96.5 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Sunset Cliffs, 2022
      Acrylic on curly maple
      38 x 40 x 2 1/2 inches
      96.5 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Ten Skies Towards Night, 2022 Acrylic on maple and walnut 29 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches 74.3 x 65.4 x 7 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Ten Skies Towards Night, 2022
      Acrylic on maple and walnut
      29 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
      74.3 x 65.4 x 7 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook The Spaces Between Us, 2022 Acrylic on english elm 38 x 51 7/8 x 2 inches 96.5 x 131.8 x 5.1 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      The Spaces Between Us, 2022
      Acrylic on english elm
      38 x 51 7/8 x 2 inches
      96.5 x 131.8 x 5.1 cm
    • Jason Middlebrook Three Moons, Three Nights, 2022 Acrylic on elm and maple 40 3/8 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches 102.6 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm
      Jason Middlebrook
      Three Moons, Three Nights, 2022
      Acrylic on elm and maple
      40 3/8 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches
      102.6 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm
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