ARCHIVE:  1974-75 Geo-Window Series
(drawing, painting, collage)

1:45 AM 6/25/2012

In April 1974 my teaching contract at Goddard College/Plainfield, VT was not renewed. Around May of 1974 I took out my anger et all by starting a major remodel of my house/studio in East Calais. It took me three months to completely remodel 8 rooms; our living quarters in a building constructed in 1823. This building housed our apartment (8 rooms), a rental apartment (8 rooms), the USPS (1 room), and my studio (3 story attached barn); a big building!

Also sometime in the spring of 1974 a friend of mine had a solo show at Max Hutchinson Gallery/NYC. Elaine and I were invited to the opening celebration. The work was, to me, cloned Barnett Newman. At least there were very strong signs of Newman influence. After my remodel/tension reduction project of the summer of 1974, I began to think about how I could use Barnet Newmanesque minimal geometric ideas in my own work. I had never concentrated on the geometric hard edge as a major subject for my painting. At the same time I was infatuated with the graphic prowess of Cy Twombly. So I thought a good place to start all of this was to try a combination of Cy Twombly, Barnett Newman, and my self. The works presented on this page reflects this research in both drawing and painting. The geo project lasted only several months in reality. I didn't find the geometric abstraction realm all that comfortable and decided to move my AE and Cy Twombly interests to the forefront. The Geo Series morphed rather rapidly into the Window Series.



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DAVID NOVAK — ARCHIVE
Vermont — 1974-75 Geo-Window: Drawing, Painting, Collage.

Code:  #) Title; date; support; media; (=~)size (w x h) [all measurement in inches].
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1)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil;
=~15"w x 12"h.

2)    Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil;
=~25"w x 19"h.

3)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil;
=~25"w x 19"h.
4)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil;
=~36"w x 24"h.


5)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~25"w x 19"h.

6)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~25"w x 19"h.

7)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil; (L) =~15"w x 12"h; (R) =~18"w x 24"h

8)  Geo Series; 1974; paper; pencil;
=~25"w x 19"h.


9))  Geo Series; 1974; canvas; oil/luite/wax, wax crayon; =~16"w.

10)  Geo Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax, wax crayon; =~26"w.

11)  Geo Series; 1974; linen; oil/lucite/wax, wax crayon; =~28"w.

12)  Geo Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax, wax crayon, red thread; =~12"w x 12"h.


13)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~19"w x 19"h.

14)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~19"w x 19"h.

15)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~40"h.

16)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~40"h.

17)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~40"h.


18)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~42"w x 45"h.

19)  Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~19"w x 25"h.

20)  Window Series; 1974; paper; Nupastel, wax crayon, colored pencil; =~11"w x 8.5"h.

21)  ;Window Series; 1974; paper; pencil; =~24"w x 24"h.

22)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/copal/wax;
=~40"w x 45"h.


23)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/
wax; =~42"w x 48"h.

24)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/
wax; =~42"w x 48"h.

25)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~20"w.

26)  Window Series; 1974; linen; oil/lucite/wax; =~16"w.

27)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~20"w.


28)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~14"w.

29)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~18"w.

30)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax;
=~66"w 60"h.

31)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~14"w.


32)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~14"w.

33)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~28"w.

34)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax;
=~66"w 60"h.

35)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~28"w.

36)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax;
=~75"w x 72"h.


37)  Window Series; 1974; canvas; oil/lucite/wax; =~75"w x 72"h.

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