FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VERNON FISHER

Paintings and Installations

May 2 - May 30, 1998

The Charles Cowles Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings and installations by VERNON FISHER from May 2 through May 30, 1998. The Gallery is located at 420 West Broadway and the hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10am until 6pm. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, May 2nd, from 5-7pm at the Gallery.

In this exhibition, VERNON FISHER furthers his dialogue with the viewer by presenting a wide selection of work created over the last decade. The virtuosity of FISHER's oeuvre ranges from his sculptural installations to his signature Blackboard paintings and on to his more recent series of paintings he calls Zombies. A keen observer of the imagery of contemporary society, FISHER exercises his dry wit, sumptuous rendering, and meticulous craftsmanship to create works of beauty, intrigue, and irony. FISHER often combines painted imagery with text and/or three-dimensional elements. These act as visual metaphors, challenging viewers to investigate and contemplate the works before them.

Concurrently, there will be a recent installation, Map 1998, on view at the Miami Art Museum (May 1st - July 5th), and opening May 23rd will be a one-person exhibition of VERNON FISHER's Zombies at the Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica, California (310/453-3031).

VERNON FISHER has work included in major private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY.

For further information or photographs please call (212) 925-3500.