In and Out of Fashion
The painter John Seery, a leading light in the 1970s art scene in New York and California, has been "rediscovered" in the past few years. An original member of that era's lyrical abstraction movement, Seery created works that are expressionistic, conceptual, vivid, and commanding. After achieving recognition for his painterly efforts, he spent the 1980s in academia. From 1990 until 2003, he lived and worked in Hawaii.
Some of the many museums that count Seery's works in their collections are the Whitney, Guggenheim, Hirshhorn, National Gallery of Australia, Fogg Art Museum, Smithsonian, and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
John Seery's recent (and fabulous) abstract paintings are offered by the Garboushian Gallery in Beverly Hills. I love these new works, especially Psyclone (2006) -- perhaps because 1) its year was a particularly challenging and interesting one for me; 2) its name is delightful and ironic; 3) I would enjoy looking at it every day. Fortunately for our budget, we lack the wall space to hang it.
Designed for indoor-outdoor living in Hawaii, our home's wide doorways and many windows populate outer walls to expose the gorgeous views. The interior floor plan is open where possible; thus we sacrifice wall space. There is too much art to display, so I am trying to work out a rotation plan that doesn't create many extraneous holes in the wall.
Peter called the Garboushian Gallery to find out the value of our John Seery painting:
When the gallery representative learned that our painting was from Seery's Hawaii period, the dismissive response was that those "flowery" paintings wouldn't be worth more than $200. It doesn't seem very flowery to me, but you can check it out yourself by clicking on the image above to view a larger size.
Since the current paintings in Garboushian's exhibit sell from $7,000 to $18,000, I have decided to doubt that valuation -- at least for the long term. I read some time ago that Seery was known for destroying his older works. So, perhaps he'll become truly famous, and ours will become priceless! It already is -- to me.
Check out this review (now archived) from last year's Seery exhibit in Beverly Hills.
Some of the many museums that count Seery's works in their collections are the Whitney, Guggenheim, Hirshhorn, National Gallery of Australia, Fogg Art Museum, Smithsonian, and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
John Seery's recent (and fabulous) abstract paintings are offered by the Garboushian Gallery in Beverly Hills. I love these new works, especially Psyclone (2006) -- perhaps because 1) its year was a particularly challenging and interesting one for me; 2) its name is delightful and ironic; 3) I would enjoy looking at it every day. Fortunately for our budget, we lack the wall space to hang it.
Designed for indoor-outdoor living in Hawaii, our home's wide doorways and many windows populate outer walls to expose the gorgeous views. The interior floor plan is open where possible; thus we sacrifice wall space. There is too much art to display, so I am trying to work out a rotation plan that doesn't create many extraneous holes in the wall.
Peter called the Garboushian Gallery to find out the value of our John Seery painting:
When the gallery representative learned that our painting was from Seery's Hawaii period, the dismissive response was that those "flowery" paintings wouldn't be worth more than $200. It doesn't seem very flowery to me, but you can check it out yourself by clicking on the image above to view a larger size.
Since the current paintings in Garboushian's exhibit sell from $7,000 to $18,000, I have decided to doubt that valuation -- at least for the long term. I read some time ago that Seery was known for destroying his older works. So, perhaps he'll become truly famous, and ours will become priceless! It already is -- to me.
Check out this review (now archived) from last year's Seery exhibit in Beverly Hills.
Edited April 6, 2023 to note that currently John Seery is represented by the Fortom Gallery in Miami.
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