Regina Bogat Reflects on Artistic Freedom and Palmyra Series Ahead of Zürcher Gallery Exhibition
Regina Bogat shares insights into her artistic path and her collaborative exhibition with sculptor Wang Keping at Zürcher Gallery in New York, which is open until April 29, 2016. The showcase includes her Palmyra series, inspired by the devastation of Syrian antiquities and created in 2015. After their loft in Manhattan was destroyed, Bogat relocated to New Jersey in 1972 with her spouse, Alfred Jensen. Her artwork from the 1960s to 1970s, influenced by Surrealism and Mondrian, employed unconventional materials. She studied under Harry Holtzman at Brooklyn College and formed friendships with notable artists like Elaine de Kooning and Mark Rothko. The exhibition highlights her series alongside Keping's sculptures, addressing themes of global oppression and invoking Zenobia.
Key facts
- Regina Bogat has a joint exhibition with Wang Keping at Zürcher Gallery through April 29, 2016.
- Her Palmyra series (2015) responds to the destruction of antiquities in Syria, her first political commentary in painting.
- Bogat moved from Manhattan to New Jersey in 1972 with her husband Alfred Jensen and their children.
- Her 1960s-1970s work used unconventional materials like threads, cords, dowels, and wooden sticks, largely ignored at the time.
- She was influenced by Surrealists, Mondrian, and Bauhaus principles from her studies at Brooklyn College.
- Bogat was friends with Elaine de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Ad Reinhardt, who supported her career.
- She participated in "Women Choose Women" in the 1970s with a painting made of dowels and rope.
- Younger artists now appreciate her early work for its contemporary resonance.
Entities
Artists
- Regina Bogat
- Wang Keping
- Alfred Jensen
- Max Ernst
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Mondrian
- Eva Hesse
- Lucas Samaras
- Elaine de Kooning
- Mark Rothko
- Ad Reinhardt
- Jackson Pollock
- Willem de Kooning
- Arshile Gorky
- Al Leslie
- Nicholas Krushenick
- Grace Hartigan
- Rockwell Kent
- Edward Hopper
- Will Barnet
- Wolf Kahn
- John Ruskin
- Turner
- Damien Hirst
- Max Bill
- Steven Westfall
- Zenobia
Institutions
- Zürcher Gallery
- Art News
- The New York Times
- Douglas College
- Art Students League
- Brooklyn College
- East
- Modern
- Saatchi
Locations
- New York
- New Jersey
- Manhattan
- Division Street
- Confucius Plaza
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Paris
- France
- Italy
- Greece
- Egypt
- London
- United Kingdom
- Syria
- Palmyra
- Aleppo
- 33 Bleecker Street
- Lafayette Street
- Bowery
- 57th Street
- 10th Street
- East Village
- Fourteenth Street
- 222 Bowery