George J Farrah

Born Oct.5/1950- Detroit, Michigan,USA. I work in series which happen over a long stretch of time. These series are bounded by some loose organic rules: thick and thin paint, gestural line, or implied gesture. My paintings act as a field of narrative possibilities that the viewer completes. Painting for me is about being blind, then seeing, and being blind again. One never knows what will happen, starting out with even the most focused of ideas. I like the not-knowing and the danger of failure. There is a complexity of seeing, relating, and knowing that exists in the doing and is gone with the painting is done. I love paint and other materials -- their various textures, vast possibilities, unpredictability. I like to not know what is going to happen next in a painting, or in a series. I believe that whatever you begin with, whatever your conscious intentions, your unconscious will attach and reveal itself in your work. I like the possibility that as a part of this process, I might bring about something that is lasting, worth looking at for a long time, something that brings forth a world much larger than mine alone. Abstract art has always been a very material language used in negotiating, exploring andunderscoring the world. My wo...

M.F.A. Bard College,The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts,Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.Past Exhibitions:Flanders Gallery, Warehouse Show, Winter 2006, Mpls,MNBanfill-Locke, Spring 2005, Images Possible Sent 3 Artists Respond to WarFridley MNKates Gallery Dec27 04- Jan 13 05, Solo show, Key West, FLSt. Johns University, Spring 2003, Desert Series,Solo show, Collegeville, MNCalvin And Charles Gallery, Group Exhibition,Summer 2002, Scottsdale, AZBlack Box Theater, Solo show, Fall 2001, St Cloud, MNKiehle Gallery, Group Show, Fall 2000, St. Cloud MNOasis Gallery, Group Show, Fall 2000, St. Cloud, MNParamount Gallery, Group Show: Featured Artist, Fall 2000, St. Cloud, MNRoth Fine Arts, Featured Artist, Fall 1999,Minneapolis, MNParamount Arts District, Solo Show, Spring 1999,St. Cloud, MNGUS LUCKY Gallery, Fab Five Show, Spring 1999, Minneapolis, MNRidgewater Gallery, Solo Show, Fall 1998,Willmar, MNGUS LUCKY Gallery, Solo Show, May 1997,Minneapolis, MNAtwood Gallery, Group Show, 30 Years of Painting,Fall 1995, St. Cloud, MN University of Minnesota, Split Rock Arts Program,Summer 1993, Duluth, MNFLAACO Gallery, Solo Show, Winter 1994,St. Cloud, MNRifle Sport, Group exhibition, Summer 1989,Minneapolis, MNThe La Ma Tin, Group Show,...

HD Gallery, Naples Florida
Flanders and Associates, Mpls, MN
Instinct Gallery, Mpls, MN