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2 N S Syracuse University Art Galleries S N GAL ER Y East 57th Street, New York 22, N. Y. OCT. 2 20, 1962 S CUSE UNIV RSITY and Syracuse, New York DEC.9 JAN. 2, 1963 Cover: '-'V'L".H~~. Cat. No. 21

THE SCULPTURE OF JAMES WINES "There is one of my most talented students," said Ivan Mestrovic to me as he nodded toward Jim Wines, a handsome young on a plaster model in the studio of the School of

3 THE SCULPTURE OF JAMES WINES "There is one of my most talented students," said Ivan Mestrovic to me as he nodded toward Jim Wines, a handsome young on a plaster model in the studio of the School of Art. That was back in I have often been shocked and saddened young artists in our schools of fate or the disof fail to develop into mature artists of stature. Wines is a remarkable ex(~epnuil. moved to Baltimore m young artist while a student at Tawson School. He was a exhibitor in school and local shows and won many prizes including a National Scholastic Art award in which enabled him to attend as a sctlol~lrsjtl1 p original were unusual ALL,.~UAh~.LL~~, and clarity as to objectives and the means of their achievement. His interests were not only drawing and but ljajlhl.lh~ and the graphic arts. Syracuse University Art The emphasis Galleries there in the art school was as it should be, a basic in and fundamentals, plus an acute awareness of their in our society. His production and development since graduation in 1955 has been nothing short of prodigious. His work has in no less than 25 exhibitions the Whitney Annual of 1958 and 1960, the Los Angeles Art Annual of 1958, the Museum of Modern Art's "Recent show of 1959, the International of 1961, and a dozen one-man shows in Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New as well as in particularly Rome and Istanbul. He is now represented in the permanent collections of New York's Whitney Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Museum, and 'TT"'lrll'''''' 22 "I am interested in sculpture as environment - in which the audience can become involved," he wrote in the of his successful exhibition in the Otto Gerson Gallery two years ago. In his case, indeed, there has always been a meaningful contact between the artist and his audience. In his student this found through the traditional themes

in the following years, his return to nature was conditioned and personal.conviction which recognition, but of the forces which them Slg:11111Ca.noe.

4 in the following years, his return to nature was conditioned and personal.conviction which recognition, but of the forces which them Slg:11111Ca.noe. This personal evolution has revealed an ever strength and power in a sense, reflects the hidden conscience of oar times. From the earlier of man as lonely and has come such concepts as the "Sea King," "Phoenix," "Ritual of the years. In the more recent work they have become more compact and intense, ha.. hc..." more ominous as revealed in the "Frontier the "Eclipse," and 'Africa." In the swift reorientation contemporary among the younger "'-LU!-'LU.!.'- of James Wines reveals a new identity and an exph:ssllve of unlimited promise. N.Y. Syracuse University Art Galleries 25 19

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6 CATALOGUE 19 RIG II 2 5 PANDORA'S BOX 1 ARIZONA SKETCH Bronze ~".2" H. 11 ANATOLIA WALL Cement Y2" 14x17" Bronze and cement Y2 x 12/1 2 ARIZONA I Bronze " H. 3 HITTITE KING Bronze " H. 4 MONARCH Bronze " H. 5 FRONTIER W ALL I Bronze Y2" H. 6 RITUAL FIGURE IV Bronz~ " H. 12 FRONTIER WALL Bronze and Cement Y2" x 23" 13 EYE OF THE IKON Bronze Y2" H. 14 AFRICA Bronze " H. 36 x 24" Syracuse University Art Galleries 15 INCUBUS Iron and cement x 22" 20 THE CAGE 23 x 10Y2" 21 CORONA Bronze and cement x 28" 22 XENOS 23 INTERCEPTOR 28 x 15" 26 SAMURAI II 21 x 33" 27 CAPSULE 15" H. 28 NAUTILUS 16Y2 x 14" 29 SENTINEL WALL 36 x 24" 7 ECLIPSE Bronze %" H. 16 MARTYR 32 x 31" 24 CATACOMBE 33 x 16Y2" DRA\'7INGS 8 EVOLUTION Bronze H. 17 RAMPART 9 lyfonad III 39 x 27" Brorf:Ze " H. 10 MIDNIGHT DISC Bronze Y2" H. 18 SEMAPHORE 13Y2" x 8Y2"

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8 BIO RAPHICAL NOTES: Born: Illinois, sculpture with Prol. Ivan Mestrovic at University School of Art 1953 to studied t-'.lahcaahh"-.lh,h' Exhibitions: Museum of Art 1952, 1953 and Baltimore Museum of Art 1953 and Los Angeles Museum of Art "Los Angeles Art Annual" Sacramento Art Festival Uffizzi Gallery, "International Exhibition" Annuals 1958 and American Federation of Arts Exhibition "New Talent" American Federation of Arts Exhibition "Contemporary Sculpture" Museum of Modern Art "Recent Sculpture U.S.A." American Academy in Rome Art Institute of Chicago "Biennale of American Art" University of Illinois "Contemporary American Art" Otto Gerson Gallery Allen Memorial Art Museum, Ohio, "Three American Syracuse University Art Galleries of Social Re~earch "Mechanism & Or of Modern Art Circulating Exhibition "Recent U.S.A." Boston Arts Dayton Art Institute "Group Show" Whitney Museum of American City. Art Institute of Chicago. Los Angeles CountY Museum. Numerous Private Collections. New York Award: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award for Creative Sculpture

9 Syracuse University Art Galleries S 41 EAST 57th STREET ~ 16th FLOOR.. NEW YORK N. Y.

Professor Soni Martin Fayetteville State University Performing and Fine Arts (910)

Professor Soni Martin Fayetteville State University Performing and Fine Arts (910) 672-1057 Email: smartin@uncfsu.edu Education MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1983. Major: Studio Art