Group Exhibitions
2016 Tete-A-Tete: Portraits in Dialogue,Allan Stone Projects, New York February 25 - April 25, 2016 View notes.
"Tete-A-Tete: Portraits in Dialogue," Allan Stone Projects, New York, February 25 - April 25, 2016. Artists included in the exhibition are: Bo Bartlett, William Beckman, Willem de Kooning, John De Andrea, George Deem, Richard Estes, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Susan Hauptman, Elizabeth King, Franz Kline, Diana Moore, John O'Reilly, Guy Pene du Bois, Stephen Cornelius Roberts, David Alfaro Siqueiros, James Weeks, and Jack Whitten.
"(In George Deem's 'Portrait of an American Priest') the focus of the composition ... stays on the portrait subject, sitting with crossed legs and regarding us warily through eyeglasses. Deem shows us something about an individual here, as well as demonstrating solid technique.
-- Gail Leggio, "'Tete-a-Tete': Portraits at Allan Stone Projects," Newington Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, Art and Culture Now, n.d.
2015 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut October 17, 2015 - January 3, 2016 View notes.
"Director's Favorites: 1999 -2015," New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, October 17, 2015 - January 3, 2016.
Celebrating Director Douglas Hyland and his 16 years of distinguished achievement at the New Britain Museum of American Art.
The inaugural exhibition in our new 3,000 sq. ft. Stitzer Family Gallery will highlight some of the many works acquired during Director Douglas K.S. Hyland’s tenure at the NBMAA. Over the last 16 years, Hyland has overseen the Museum’s acquisition of over 6,000 objects, growing the collection from 4,500 to over 14,000 works that span all periods and media including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and illustrations.
Hyland’s selection of his favorite objects for this show reveals the diversity of artists, subject matter, and genre collected in the last 16 years. They also reflect acquisitions emanating from many fruitful relationships with artists and collectors cultivated by Hyland over the years. On view will be works from the collections of Frederick and Joan Baekeland, Joel Davis, the late Charles Goss, Dr. Paul Kanev, Ellen Wineberg, Ronald Vance on behalf of the George Deem Estate, the late Rita Heimann, M. Stephen and Miriam Miller, Judith O’Rourke, the late Deborah Pfeiffenberger, Lindsley Wellman and the late Judith Vance Weld Brown, Linda Cheverton Wick and Walter Wick, and Douglas and his wife Tita.
George Deem Collection. I first became aware of the paintings of George Deem (1932 - 2008) in 1978 when I read the catalog for the exhibition curated by my predecessor, William Hennessey, at the Spencer Museum, University of Kansas. Subsequently, I was pleased to become reacquainted with his work by visiting Trustee, Linda Cheverton-Wick, and Walter Wick at their downtown Hartford studio. In 2006, the Museum organized a retrospective of the works of George Deem shortly before work was commenced on the Chase Family Building. We were saddened by George Deem's untimely death in 2008. As the years passed, I was in regular contact with George's partner, Ronald Vance, who coincidentally was born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut.
Deem had sold during his lifetime many of his paintings to museums and private collectors across the country, but, fortunately, a number of his best canvases remained in Ronald's possession and in 2013 he decided to donate 153 works by Deem to the permanent collection of the Museum along with many supporting papers, books, and other documents that now form the George Deem archives. After consulting with Ronald, it was his decision to offer other paintings and watercolors to museums across the country so that they would have an opportunity to be displayed for the benefit of a wider audience. Our intent is to rotate works by Deem on a regular basis so that we will always have selected works by this leading American figurative artist hanging. (Douglas Hyland, Statement displayed as wall text in the exhibition).
2014 Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York March 8 - July 6, 2014 View notes.
"Garden Party," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, March 8 - July 6, 2014. Exhibition curators: Franklin Hill Perrell and JoAnne Olian. Checklist. The exhibition was the first public display of George Deem's Manet Box Cube, 1992, on loan from the Margaret and Neale Albert Collection, New York. Works in exhibition by Nell Blaine, Charles Burchfield, Marc Chagall, George Deem, Janet Fish, Jane Freilicher, David Hockney, Robert Kushner, Georgia O'Keefe, Maurice Prendergast, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Louis Comfort Tiffany, et al. 2013 The Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts September 25, 2013 - March 1, 2014 View notes.
"Collecting for the Boston Athenaeum in the 21st Century," The Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts, September 23, 2013 - March 1, 2014. Original exhibition dates: September 25, 2013 - February 15, 2014. Exhibition extended to March 1, 2014. No catalog. Exhibition curator: Dr. David B. Dearinger. Works in the exhibition by Leonard Baskin, George Deem, Frank Duveneck, John Sloan, Polly Thayer, et al.
2012 Allan Stone Gallery, New York September 13 - October 20, 2012 View notes.
"MinMax: Minimalist Themes in a Maximalist Collection," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, September 13 - October 20, 2012. An exhibition of works from the Allan Stone Collection. Brochure catalog. Works by George Deem, Richard Diebenkorn, Alfred Leslie, Charmion von Wiegand, et al. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut April 6 - July 8, 2012 View notes.
"The Art of Friendship: The Collection of George Deem," New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, April 6 - July 8, 2012. Works from the Collection of George Deem. Exhibition curator: Anna Rogulina. Brochure catalog documenting gifts of works in the Collection of George Deem to the New Britain Museum of American Art by George Deem in 2006 and by the Estate of George Deem in 2009. Catalog Introduction by Douglas K. S. Hyland, Director, New Britain Museum of American Art. Essay Only Reciprocate! The Generosity of George Deem by Charles Molesworth. Works by Etel Adnan, Benny Andrews, Mary Ellen Andrews, Power Boothe, John Evans, George Freedman, Lee Guilliatt, Josef Levi, Mark Mutchnik, Augustmoon Ochiishi, Michael Ottensmeyer, Ambika Gail Rutherford, Erica Rutherford, and Jim Zver. Related works by George Deem and Peter Angelo Simon.
Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia March 16 - May 6, 2012 View notes.
"One of a Kind: An Exhibition of Unique Artist's Books," Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 16 - May 6, 2012. Exhibition Curator: Heide Hatry. Catalog.Illus. The exhibition originated in an exhibition curated by Heide Hatry at the Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2011. Works by Roberta Allen, Dove Bradshaw, George Deem, Peter Downsbrough, Heide Hatry, Kate Millett, Carolee Schneemann, Pat Steir, et al.
2011 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York May 17 - June 25, 2011 View notes.
"Art on Art," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, May 17 - June 25, 2011. No catalog. See website: http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com
Work by 28 artists. "These are reverential interpretations, and not concerned with direct appropriation."
Works by Joe Brainard, John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Rafael Ferrer, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Deborah Kass, Jiri Kolar, Richard Prince, Saul Steinberg, Tom Wesselmann, et al.
"George Deem's 'Woman with Water Pitcher,' 2002, substitutes a single corner of the Vermeer masterpiece for the whole, suggesting that every detail of the original artwork contains its essential character and the fragmentary nature of the modern work of art." www.adambaumgoldgallery.com
Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts March 3 - 27, 2011 View notes.
"One of a Kind: Unique Artist's Books," Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 3 - 27, 2011. Exhibition curator Heide Hatry. Catalog. Illus. The exhibition traveled to the Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 16 - May 6, 2012.
Works by Roberta Allen, Dove Bradshaw, George Deem, Peter Downsbrough, Heide Hatry, Kate Millett, Carolee Schneemann, Pat Steir, et al.
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York January 15 - March 27, 2011 View notes.
"Identity Crisis: Authenticity, Attribution, and Appropriation," The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York, January 15 - March 27, 2011. Exhibition curator: Lisa Chalif. No catalog.
Works by Sarah Austin, Mike Bidlo, David Bierk, Alex Guofeng Cao, George Deem, Audrey Flack, Kathleen Gilje, Paul Giovanopoulos, Jane Hammond, Deborah Kass, Jiri Kolar, Farideh Lashai, Sherrie Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Carlo Mariani, Yoshimasa Morimura, Vik Muniz, Richard Pettibone, Robert Rauschenberg, Anita Steckel, and Andy Warhol. 2010 mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria October 22, 2010 - February 13, 2011 View notes.
" Hyper Real: The Passion of the Real in Painting and Photography," mumok Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria, October 22, 2010 - February 13, 2011. Curators: Suzanne Neuberger / Brigitte Franzen. Catalog/book publication. Works from the Ludwig Collection, the exhibition traveled to the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary.
Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York May 27 - June 26, 2010 View notes.
"In Translation: Sarah G. Austin / George Deem / and Ginnie Gardiner," Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, May 27 - June 26, 2010. Curator: Pavel Zoubok. No catalog.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria January 26 - April 25, 2010 View notes.
"Vermeer: Die Malkunst / Vermeer:The Art of Painting," Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, January 26 - April 25, 2010. Curator: Dr. Sabine Pénot. Catalog/book publication.
2009 Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio August 20 - December 12, 2009 View notes.
"200 at 200: Ring of Truth," Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, August 20 - December 12, 2009. Curator: Lena Vigna. Printout catalog with curator's essay. 2008 Art Chicago: Pavel Zoubok Gallery Booth 232 April 25 - 27, 2008 View notes.
2007 Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts October 10 - December 1, 2007 View notes.
"From Boston Collections," The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts, October 10 - December 1, 2007. Curator: David Dearinger. Checklist. Works by Josef Albers, George Deem, Adolph Gottlieb, Martin Johnson Heade, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, Wayne Thiebaud, Neil Welliver, et al. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York October 2007 View notes.
"Velazquez and Las Meninas: Manolo Valdes / John Clem Clarke / George Deem," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, October 2007. An exhibition of contemporary works of art that quote Velazquez's Las Meninas. Curator: Franklin Hill Perrell. No catalog. Works by John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Manolo Valdes, et al. The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas September 13 - December 9, 2007 View notes.
"Lessons from Below: Otabenga Jones & Associates," The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, September 13 - December 9, 2007. Works from the Menil Collection selected by the Houston-based artist collective Otabenga Jones & Associates. Brochure catalog. Operating under the direction of Otabenga Jones, the collective includes African-American artists Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Jamal Cyrus, Kenya B. Evans, and Robert A. Pruitt. In addition to African masks and figures and contemporary art from the Menil Collection, the exhibition included non-art objects from popular culture in an installation that eschews a hierarchy of “high” and “low” art. Exhibition organized by Menil curators Franklin Sirmans and Michelle White. 2006 Pulse Art Fair, New York, Pavel Zoubok Gallery Booth March 10 - 12, 2006 View notes.
2003 Musee d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg June 27 - October 5, 2003 View notes.
"Hyperrealismes, USA 1965-75," Musee d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, June 27 - October 5, 2003. Curator: Jean-Claude Lebensztejn. Catalog/book publication. Introductory essay by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn.
Works by Richard Artschwager, John Clem Clarke, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, George Deem, Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Malcolm Morley, et al. 2002 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York April 6 - August 25, 2002 View notes.
"Oh, Mona! Biography of an Icon," Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April 6 - August 25, 2002. Curator: Nancy E. Green. Brochure catalog with essay by Nancy E. Green and checklist.
Works by George Deem, Marcel Duchamp, Keith Haring, Jasper Johns, Doug and Mike Starn, Andy Warhol, et al. Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida March 2002 View notes.
"MathArt/ArtMath Exhibition," Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, March 2002. Curators: John Sims and Kevin Dean. Online catalog of exhibition.
Artists featured in the Exhibition: Josef Albers, Max Bill, George Deem, Agnes Denes, M. C. Escher, Al Held, Sol LeWitt, Jack Tworkov,, et al. Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio February 12 - August 4, 2002 View notes.
"The Lay of the Land," Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, February 12 - August 4, 2002. Works from the Museum's permanent collection. Printout with checklist. Works by Ralph Albert Blakelock, George Deem, Jim Dine, et al. 2000 Allan Stone Gallery, New York November 4 - December 20, 2000 View notes.
"Fortieth Anniversary of Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 1960-2000," November 4 - December 20, 2000. Checklist. A large salon style exhibition with work by 107 artists associated with the Allan Stone Gallery: Arman, Robert Arneson, Barton Benes, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, George Deem, Jim Dine, Richard Estes, Janet Fish, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Raoul Middleman, Barnett Newman, Don Nice, Wayne Thiebaud, Charmion Von Wiegand, et al. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York June 11 - September 17, 2000 View notes.
"Dance, Dance, Dance," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, June 11 - September 17, 2000. Curators: Constance Schwartz and Franklin Hill Perrell. Catalog.
Works by Arman, Leon Bakst, Eugene Berman, Lovis Corinth, George Deem, Edgar Degas, Sonia Delaunay, Andre Derain, Natalia Gontcharova, Robert Henri, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Fernand Leger, Jacques Lipchitz, Reginald Marsh, Henri Matisse, Francis Picabia, Gino Severini, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, et al. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York January 16 - March 26, 2000 View notes.
"The Revolutionary War: Founding the New Nation," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, January 16 - March 26, 2000. Curator: Franklin Hill Perrell. Catalog.
Works by John Clem Clarke, John Singleton Copley, George Deem, Asher B. Durand, Ralph Earl, Emanuel Leutze, Charles Wilson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Larry Rivers, Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull, et al. Ambassador's Residence, U.S. Embassy, The Hague, The Netherlands 2000 View notes.
"Another Salute 2000," U.S. Embassy Residence, The Hague, 2000. Curators: Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider and Claire Van Cleave. Catalog Introduction by Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider. "George Deem," catalog pp. 18-19. illus.
Works by Dotty Attie, Alexander Calder, William Merritt Chase, George Deem, Asher Brown Durand, Nancy Graves, Martin Johnson Heade, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Benjamin West, et al. 1998 Pavel Zoubok at Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York November 2 - December 19, 1998 View notes.
"And I Quote... ," Pavel Zoubok at Mary Delahoyd Gallery, 426 Broome Street, New York, November 2 - December 19, 1998. Curator: Pavel Zoubok. Checklist of artists on invitation card.
Works by Barton Lidice Benes, Buster Cleveland, George Deem, John Evans, Ginnie Gardiner, Al Hansen, Ray Johnson, Jiri Kolar, May Wilson, et al. 1996 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon October 4 - December 15, 1996 View notes.
"The New Traditionalists," University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, October 4 - December 15, 1996. Guest curator: Maria Porges. Catalog essay and text by Maria Porges. The exhibition poster reproduced George Deem's Del Sarto Canaletto Titian, 1995.
Works by Dotty Attie, James Barsness, Tim Berry, Anne Connell, Gloria DeArcangelis, George Deem, Catherine McCarthy, and Thomas Woodruff. Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York Summer 1996 View notes.
"Summer Pleasures, Summer Treasures," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1996. No catalog.
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1996 View notes.
"Small Scale," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1996. No catalog.
1995 The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 1995 - 96 View notes.
"Collector's Show," The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1995 - 96. No catalog.
1994 Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York September 25, 1994 - January 1, 1995 View notes.
"Art After Art," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, September 25, 1994 - January 1, 1995. Curators: Constance Schwartz and Franklin Hill Perrell. Catalog.
Works by Tom Blackwell, Sandro Chia, John Clem Clarke, Greg Constantine, George Deem, David Giese, Paul Giovanopoulos, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Guccione, David Hockney, Josef Levi, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Pettibone, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Peter Saari, George Segal, Manolo Valdes, and Tom Wesselmann. South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana July 31 - September 11, 1994 View notes.
"Getting Real: 20th Century American Realism from the Philip Desind Collection," South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, July 31 - September 11, 1994. Catalog with checklist. An exhibition of 155 works from the more than 2,000 works in the Philip Desind Collection. Philip Desind opened Capricorn Galleries, dealing solely in American realism, in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1964. 1993 Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan March 26 - May 9, 1993 View notes.
"The Purloined Image," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, March 26 - May 9, 1993. Curator: Christopher R. Young. Catalogue: 96 pages. Introduction and essay by Christopher R. Young. Traveling to: Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Louisiana State University School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge; Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin. Works by Ken Aptekar, Robert Arneson, Dotty Attie, David Bierck, Robert Colescott, Russell Connor, George Deem, Paul Giovanopoulos, Red Grooms, Josef Levi, Ed Paschke, Larry Rivers, Peter Saul, Manolo Valdes, Andy Warhol, et al. Helander Gallery, New York January 14 - 30, 1993 View notes.
"The Pet Show To Benefit P.O.W.A.R.S. (Pet Owners With Aids/ARC Resource Service, Inc.)," Helander Gallery, New York, January 14 - 30, 1993. No catalog.
1991 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1991 View notes.
"Black and White," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1991. No catalog.
1990 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1990-91 View notes.
"Winter Gold," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1990-91. No catalog.
Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky October 9 - November 8, 1990 View notes.
"Yvonne Rapp Annual," Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, October 9 - November 8, 1990. No catalog.
Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana May 18 - June 15, 1990 View notes.
"Indianapolis Collects," Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 18 - June 15, 1990. Selections from private contemporary art collections. Curators: Robert P. Roman, Director of Herron Gallery, and Dee Garrett, Friends of Herron Gallery. Checklist. Works by Jonathan Borofsky, Francesco Clemente, George Deem, Mark di Suvero, Sam Francis, David Hockney, Robert Longo, Malcolm Morley, Louise Nevelson, Andy Warhol, et al. 1988 Baruch College Gallery, New York November 4 - December 23,1988 View notes.
"Homage to Edward Hopper: Quoting the American Realist," Baruch College Gallery, New York, November 4 - December 23,1988. Exhibition curator: Gail Levin. Checklist with essay by Gail Levin. Works by Greg Constantine, George Deem, Red Grooms, Josef Levi, Jacques Monory, et al. Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, Indiana April 24 - June 5, 1988 View notes.
" Passages: The William A. Gumberts Collection," Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, Indiana, April 24 - June 5, 1988. This was a companion exhibition to "The Eye and the Heart: Selected works from the William A. Gumberts Collection," Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, 1984. Curator: David A. Lewis. Catalog.
Works by George Bellows, Albert Bierstadt, Paul Cadmus, George Deem, William Harnett, Childe Hassam, John Frederick Peto, John Sloan, et al. Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana January 16 - February 27, 1988 View notes.
"Welcome Back: Contemporary Artists from Indiana," (Painting, Sculpture and Works on Paper by Contemporary Artists from Indiana) Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 16 - February 27, 1988. A small catalog published in cooperation with Arts Indiana has a check list of participating artists, not of works in the exhibition. Essay "Welcome Back: Painting, Sculpture, and Works on Paper by Contemporary Artists from Indiana," by Carol Weiss. An Installation photo (35 mm slide) of the four George Deem paintings in the exhibition is in the George Deem archive, Exhibitions File.
Works by Garo Antreasian, John Baeder, Robert Berkshire, Vija Celmins, John Chamberlain, William Crutchfield, George Deem, John Duff, Mary Beth Edelson, Art Green, Bryan Hunt, Robert Indiana, James McGarrell, Bruce Nauman, Will Northerner, George Rickey, Hollis Sigler, Suzanne Slavick, David Smith, and William T. Wiley.
George Deem lectured at the Herron School of Art : January 14, 1988
Galeria Laguada, Grenada, Spain 1988 View notes.
"Homage to Garcia Lorca," Mail Art Exhibition theme, Galeria Laguada, Grenada, Spain, 1988
1987 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio March 1 - April 5, 1987 View notes.
"Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, March 1 - April 5, 1987.
Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, by Phil Desind, published by Butler Institute of American Art, paperback, 1987.
1986 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York December 20, 1986 - January 14, 1987 View notes.
"Works on Paper," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, December 20, 1986 - January 14, 1987. No catalog. Works by Brady, Buchwald, Deem, Eddy, Raffael, Schonzeit, Tworkov, et al. Arkansas Arts Center Artmobile Traveling Exhibition September 1986 - Spring 1988 View notes.
"Familiar Reality," Arkansas Arts Center Artmobile. Traveling exhibition, September 1986 - Spring 1988. Catalog no. 15, illus.
Biblioteca Comunale, Pescia, Pistoia, Italy September 6 - 30, 1986 View notes.
"A Flower For Peace," Mail Art exhibition theme, Biblioteca Comunale, Pescia, Pistoia, Italy, September 6 - 30, 1986
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York June 21 - September 2, 1986 View notes.
"Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, June 21 - September 2, 1986. No catalog. Works by Brady, Buchwald, Deem, Eddy, Raffael, Schonzeit, Tworkov, et al. Centre Culturel C.A.S-E.D.F, Toulon, France June 18 - July 11, 1986 View notes.
"Prison is made of the others" (le bagne c'est les autres), Mail Art Exhibition theme, Centre Culturel C.A.S-E.D.F, Toulon, France, June 18 - July 11, 1986. Catalog.
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas February 28 - March 30, 1986 View notes.
"American Works from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 28 - March 30, 1986.
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida 1986 - 87 View notes.
"Collector's Choice 1986," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, 1986 - 87.
Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota 1986 View notes.
"That's What I Like About The West," An International Correspondence Art Exhibition theme, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota and Oscar Howe Arts Center, Mitchell, South Dakota and University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1986.
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1986 View notes.
"An International Art By Mail Exhibition Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Fluxus," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1986. Chicago International Art Exposition 1986 View notes.
" Chicago International Art Exposition," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1986.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence 1986 View notes.
"Art for Your Collection," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1986.
1985 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York December 14, 1985 - January 8, 1986 View notes.
"Winter Solstice," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, December 14, 1985 - January 8, 1986. No catalog. Works by Carolyn Brady, George Deem, Don Eddy, Viola Frey, et al. Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York June 29 - August 2, 1985 View notes.
"Summer Pleasures, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, June 29 - August 2, 1985. No catalog. Works by Robert Arneson, George Deem, Red Grooms, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Malcolm Morley, et al. Kenkeleba Gallery, New York May 17 - June 30, 1985 View notes.
"The Gathering of the Avant-Garde: The Lower East Side, 1950-1970," Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, May 17 - June 30, 1985. Checklist of artists. Works by Benny Andrews, Rudy Burckhardt, Elaine DeKooning, George Deem, Lois Dodd, Red Grooms, Kate Millet, Fairfield Porter, et al. Chicago International Art Exposition 1985 View notes.
"Chicago International Art Exposition," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, 1985,
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida 1985 View notes.
"Museum Choice Exhibition," Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida, 1985.
1984 Stedelijk Museum Het Toreke, Tienen, Belgium Autumn 1984 View notes.
"Born To Survive," Mail Art Exhibition 1984 Tienen, Belgium, Autumn 1984
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana April 8 - June 24, 1984 View notes.
"Indiana Influence: The Golden Age of Indiana Landscape Paintings; Indiana's Modern Legacy," Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 8 - June 24, 1984. Inaugural Exhibition of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Exhibition organized by ICI Independent Curators Incorporated, New York. Curators: William H. Gerdts, City University of New York, and Peter Frank, New York City. Catalog Essay: "Indiana's Modern Legacy " by Peter Frank.
Works by Robert Barnes, Vija Celmins, John Chamberlain, George Deem, Mary Beth Edelson, Robert Indiana, Bruce Nauman, Isamu Noguchi, David Smith, et al. Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina April 6 - May 2, 1984 View notes.
"Aspects of Contemporary American Realism," Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 6 - May 2, 1984. No catalog.
Works by John Baeder, Carolyn Brady, Matthew Daub, George Deem, Ralph Goings, John Hardy, Wolf Kahn, Wayne Thiebaud, Neil Welliver, et al. Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York March 29 - April 21, 1984 View notes.
"Synthetic Art," Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, March 29 - April 21, 1984. Catalog.
Works by Jean-Paul Chambas, Max Coyer, George Deem, Voy Fangor, Edgar Franceschi, Hugo Niehaus. (complete list?).
Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, Indiana March 16 - May 13, 1984 View notes.
"The Eye and the Heart: Works from The William A. Gumberts Collection, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, March 16 - May 13, 1984. No catalog.
Related exhibition: " Passages: The William A. Gumberts Collection," April 24 - June 5, 1988. Catalog for "Passages." 1983 Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania September 25, 1983 - January 8, 1984 View notes.
"The Artist's Studio in American Painting 1840-1983," Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1983 - January 8, 1984. Exhibition organized by Richard N. Gregg, Director, Allentown Art Museum. Catalog. Works by Jack Beal, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield, William Merritt Chase, George Deem, Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Guston, Roy Lichtenstein, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter, Larry Rivers, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Singer Sargent, John Sloan, et al. Pont-a-Mousson, France September 1 - 30, 1983 View notes.
"The Cultural Object ,"Mail Art Exhibition, Pont-à-Mousson, France, September 1 - 30, 1983, Exhibition theme: the object concerned with religion, worship or cults. Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York February 19 - March 6, 1983 View notes.
"24th Annual Invitational Art Exhibition: A Survey of Contemporary Art," Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, February 19 - March 6, 1983.George Deem was nominated by Sid Deutsch, The invitation includes a check list of participating artists: Benny Andrews, Rosemary Beck, George Deem, Janet Fish, Carolee Schneemann, et al. There is no record of the George Deem work shown.
Museu d'Art Contemporani d'Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain 1983 View notes.
"Mail Art Exhibition," Museu d'Art Contemporani d'Eivissa, Ibiza, 1983.
1982 "Debbie Boone Gallery," New York November 18 - 19, 1982 View notes.
"Debbie," Debbie Boone Gallery, New York, November 18 - 19, 1982, was a two-day exhibition of work by friends and colleagues of Hugo Niehaus that Niehaus organized in a temporarily vacant loft space at 10 East 18th Street, which for the occasion Niehaus named the Debbie Boone Gallery, a satirical reference to the then prominent Mary Boone Gallery. The popular singer and recording artist Debbie Boone was the daughter of the popular singer and recording artist Pat Boone.
Works by Rebecca Deem, George Deem, Rick Griffin, Mark Mutchnik, Hugo Niehaus, Ochiishi, Harvey Redding, et al. There is no record of what work by George Deem was shown. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia October 7 - November 7, 1982 View notes.
"The Renaissance Revisited," Tyler and Penrose Galleries, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, October 7 - November 7, 1982. Curator: Ann Jarmusch, Director of Exhibitions at the Tyler School of Art. Exhibition checklist.
Participating artists: Dotty Attie, George Deem, Richard Diebenkorn, Neil Jenney, Duane Michals, et al. Buecker & Harpsichords Gallery, New York November 6 - December 18, 1982 View notes.
"Soho Baroque Opera Company Designs," Buecker & Harpsichords Gallery, New York, November 6 - December 18, 1982. Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts. George Deem: designs for Gretry's "L'Amant Jaloux," (Léonores Second Act Aria: "Je romps la chaine qui m'engage"), 1778. Performances: November 6, 20, December 4, 1982. No catalog.
Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York February 1 - April 30, 1982 View notes.
"Twentieth-Century Images of George Washington," Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, February 1 - April 30, 1982. Curator: Robert I. Goler, Curator of Collections at Fraunces Tavern Museum, celebrating the 250th anniversary of George Washington's birth. At the end of the Revolutionary War George Washington bade farewell to his officers in Fraunces Tavern's Long Room, the site of the exhibition. Catalog with checklist. Illus. fig. 8.
Participating artists: Robert Arneson, John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Audrey Flack, Sante Graziani, Alex Katz, et al. 1981 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia September 18 - December 13, 1981 View notes.
"Contemporary American Realism since 1960," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, September 18 - December 13, 1981. Curator Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. Contemporary American Realism since 1960 by Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. published 1981 by New York Graphic Society, Boston in connection with the exhibition.
Works by William Bailey, Chuck Close, George Deem, Rackstraw Downes, Janet Fish, Duane Hanson, Alex Katz, Alfred Leslie, Alice Neel, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter, George Segal, Neil Welliver, et al.
Exhibition Schedule: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, September 18 - December 13, 1981; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, February 8 - April 4, 1982; Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, May 8 - July 18, 1982; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, September 29 - October 27, 1982; Salas de Exposiciones (Recoletos), Madrid, Spain, November 17, 1982 - January 8, 1983; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11 - April 10, 1983.
Library of the Faculty of Arts, Brussels, Belgium October 1- 30, 1981 View notes.
"Love/Hate/Fear Suicide: Are You Experienced?," (Mail Art Exhibition theme), Library of the Faculty of Arts, Brussels, Belgium, October 1- 30, 1981.
Cultural Centre De Warande in Turnhout, Belgium December 17, 1981 - January 10, 1982 View notes.
"World Art Atlas" (Use a Map or part of it of your native country as basis of your Atlas-Contribution), Mail Art Exhibition, Cultural Centre De Warande in Turnhout, Belgium, December 17, 1981 - January 10, 1982
1980 Mail Art Exhibition 1980 Barcelona September 1980 View notes.
"Mail Art Exhibition 1980," Barcelona, September 1980
George Deem sent the following items.
1. George Washington in White Face postcard mounted for exhibition
2. The Fall of Whistler's Mother postcard mounted for exhibition
3. George Washington in White Face postcard
4. The Fall of Whistler's Mother postcard
5. Mona Lisa Washington postcard
6. "Mona Lisa Washington" poem and drawing reprint from Zone Magazine, No. 5, Spring 1980
7. "AANABABCAC" reprint from Sun & Moon, No. 8, Fall 1979
8. "Rita Vermeer" (Rita Hayworth in a Vermeer Interior) color xerox of the painting signed lower right "George Deem"
9. Lines on White Paper, 1980, drawing signed lower right "George Deem, 1980"
1978 Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany September 25 - December 3, 1978 View notes.
"Mona Lisa im 20Jahrhundert/Mona Lisa in the 20th Century," Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany, September 25 - December 3, 1978. Exhibition curator: Dr. Julian Heynen. Catalog essays by several authors including Udo Kultermann, "Interpersonale Figurationen - zu George Deems "Mona Lisa Washington" (Interpersonal Figuration: George Deem's "Mona Lisa Washington") catalog pages 112-116.
Works by Saskia de Boer, Salvador Dali, George Deem, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Jiri Kolar, Leger, Andy Warhol, et al.
Traveling exhibition: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, September 25 - December 3, 1978; Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, December 13, 1978 - January 14, 1979. Under PARCO-SEIBU auspices the exhibition travelled to Tokyo, Osaka, and other Japanese cities from April to June 1979.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York July 19 - September 24, 1978 View notes.
"Art About Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 19 - September 24, 1978. Exhibition curators: Jean Lipman and Richard Marshall.
Catalog Art About Art by Richard Marshall and Jean Lipman, Introduction by Leo Steinberg, New York, E. P. Dutton, 1978.
Works by Audrey Flack, John Clem Clarke, Robert Colescott, Joseph Cornell, George Deem, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Josef Levi, Roy Lichtenstein, Malcolm Morley, Richard Pettibone, Larry Rivers, et al.
Travelling exhibition: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 19 - September 24, 1978; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, October 15 - November 26, 1978; The Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, December 17, 1978 - February 11, 1979; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, March 6 - April 15, 1979.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana June 15 - July 30, 1978 View notes.
"Painting & Sculpture Today 1978," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 15 - July 30, 1978. Catalog editor: Hilary D. Bassett.
The George Deem painting Private Collection, 1977, (cat. illus. p. 11) was later retitled "Pink Room with Vermeer and Mondrian" by the artist. Participating artists: Benny Andrews, Robet Arneson, Christo, John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Jiri Kolar, Sol Lewitt, Lucas Samaras, John Willenbecher, et al. Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas January 15 - March 12, 1978 View notes.
"Artists Look At Art," Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, January 15 - March 12, 1978. Curator William J. Hennessey. Catalogue and catalogue essay by William J. Hennessey. Artists: Dotty Attie, Richard Bernstein, Claudio Bravo, John Clem Clarke, Robert Colescott, Greg Constantine, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, George Deem, Audrey Flack, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Malcolm Morley, Richard Pettibone, Peter Saari, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, et al. Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California/Western Association of Art Museums Touring Exhibition 1978 View notes.
"Deja-Vu: Masterpieces Updated, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California, 1978.
WAAM Western Association of Art Museums, expanded the exhibition and developed a traveling exhibition. Curator: Richard Kubiak. Catalogue essay by Richard Kubiak. Catalogue reproduction: George Deem, Italian Vermeer (Caravaggio), 1977; Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles, 1979.
Traveling exhibition schedule: El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, February 1-March 1, 1981; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington, April 15-May 15,1981; Arapaho Community College, Littleton, Colorado, July 8-August 14,1981; Roanoke Fine Arts Center, Roanoke, Virginia, October 1-30,1981; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, November 20-December 18,1981; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, February 13-March 21,1982; Pacific Union College Art Gallery, Angwin, California, April 20-May 20,1982.
Works in by Dotty Attie, Judy Chicago, John Clem Clark, Salvador Dali, George Deem, Audrey Flack, David Hockney. Josef Levi, Roy Lichtenstein, Duane Michals, Richard Pettibone, Sam Wiener, et al. 1977 Green Mountain Gallery, New York December 10, 1977 - January 4, 1978 View notes.
"Eye and Mind II: Some Conceptual Trends in Recent Representational Painting, Green Mountain Gallery, New York, December 10, 1977 - January 4, 1978. Exhibition curator: Lucien Day.
Participating artists: Rudy Burckhardt, Lucien Day, George Deem, Lois Dodd, Rackstraw Downes, Janet Fish, Alex Katz, Ellen Lanyon, et al. Washington University Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall, St.Louis, Missouri December 4 - 31, 1977 View notes.
"Art on Art: Selections from the Orchard Corporation of America," Washington University Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, December 4 - 31, 1977. Catalog essay "Art on Art" by Jan Schall. Participating artists: Robert Colescott, Saskia de Boer, George Deem, Sante Graziani, Josef Levi, Peter Saul, et al. Sneed Gallery, Rockford, Illinois December 1977 View notes.
"Group Exhibition," Sneed Gallery, Rockford, illinois, December 1977.
1976 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois October 7 - December 10, 1976 View notes.
"Visions/Painting and Sculpture: Distinguished Alumni 1945 to the Present," The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October 7 - December 10, 1976. Guest Curator: Dennis Adrian. Catalogue Introduction by Dennis Adrian.
George Deem, The Immaculate Conception, 1971. Catalogue description: The wittiness of George Deem's complicated pictorial conceits is aimed at a tender and vulnerable area: the interaction of art and daily experience. With a deadpan but skillful trompe l'oeil the artist incorporates parodies and quotations from art of the past into settings whose banality is made entertainingly absurd by these intrusions.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana 1976 View notes.
"Painting & Sculpture Today 1976," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1976. Catalog.
1974 Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois March 10 - April 21, 1974 View notes.
"Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture 1974," Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, March 10 - April 21, 1974. Juried exhibition. Catalogue Introduction by James R. Shipley, Director of Krannert Art Museum, and Allan S. Weller.
Artists: Robert Arneson, Mary Bauermeister, Billy Al Bengston, Elmer Bischoff, George Deem, Richard Diebenkorn, Don Eddy, Sam Francis, Duane Hanson, John Koch, Nicholas Krushenick, Joan Mitchell, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Mel Ramos, Peter Saul, Frank Stella, Jack Tworkov, H. C. Westermann, Paul Wonner, et al. 1972 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana October 19 - December 10, 1972 View notes.
"New Treasures: A Six Year Retrospective," Indianapolis Museum of Art, October 19 - December 10, 1972. Curator: Richard L. Warrum.
Catalog titled: "Recent Accessions 1966 -1972." "An American Vermeer, 1970-71 (page 37). Deem has skillfully reconstructed Vermeer's studio on the basis of three separate paintings...(The Love Letter, The Concert, and The Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid). This feat as an art historical tour de force alone makes this work an important document of the development of the history of 20th century painting. There is, however, a more important aspect of this work which must not be overlooked. ...An American Vermeer brings Vermeer and his work and times into a new and richer perspective. And this is a thread which is an integral part of the fabric of George Deem's oeuvre. The use of familiar objects or works of art, revisited and transformed by a contemporary eye and mind helps to clear and bring closer the nature of the original object. In the process, it objectifies new material which the artist himself brings to the work. The result can be a totally new experience in the hands of genius and our new acquisition is a case in point." (Richard L. Warrum, Curator, Indianapolis Museum of Art). Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana April 26 - June 4, 1972 View notes.
"Painting & Sculpture Today 1972," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 26 - June 4, 1972.
The painting reproduced in the catalog (page 31) is identified by its original title, "Large Vermeer." It was later retitled "An American Vermeer" by the artist.
Participating artists: Richard Artschwager, Robert Barnes, Jennifer Bartlett, John Chamberlain, John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Janet Fish, Audrey Flack, Duane Hanson, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Philip Pearlstein, Richard Pettibone, Neil Welliver, et al. 1971 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas May 8 - 30, 1971 View notes.
"Still Life Today," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 8 - 30, 1971. An exhibition circulated by the American Federation of Arts.
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois March 9 - April 16, 1971 View notes.
"Art After Art," The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 9 - April 16, 1971.
This exhibition consisted of twenty-two paintings, drawings, sculptures, and graphics, by 20th-century artists who borrow and rework to their own ends famous paintings or traditional themes from the past. Artists: Enrico Baj, John Clem Clarke, Joseph Cornell, George Deem, Marcel Duchamp, Sante Graziani, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, René Magritte, Larry Rivers, Saul Steinberg, Tom Wesselmann, et al. 1970 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana April 21 - June 1, 1970 View notes.
"Painting & Sculpture Today, 1970," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 21 - June 1, 1970.
George Deem, "Arrangement in Blue and Orange," 1969, catalog page 109. Errata: The correct title of this painting is "Composition in Blue & Orange." The correct date is 1968.
Artists: Karel Appel, Arman, Robert Arneson, John Cage, John Chamberlain, George Deem, Richard Estes, Duane Hanson, Ray Johnson, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, George Segal, Andy Warhol, May Wilson, et al.
On the reverse of the black-and-white archival photo print of the painting the artist (mistakenly) dated the painting February 1969. 1969 Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado October 29 - December 7, 1969 View notes.
"An American Report on the Sixties," The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, October 29 - December 7, 1969.
Artists: John Chamberlain, John Clem Clarke, Joseph Cornell, George Deem, Richard Estes, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, et al. Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 21 - August 10, 1969 View notes.
"Aspects of a New Realism," Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 21 - August 10, 1969. Curator Tracy Atkinson, Director, Milwaukee Art Center, Catalogue Introductory essay by Tracy Atkinson. Two critical essays: "Figurative Art 1969: Aspects and Prospect" by Sidney Tillim, and "Operational Images" by William S. Wilson. Participating artists: Richard Artschwager, Robert Bechtle, John Clem Clarke, George Deem, Richard Estes, Alex Katz, Alfred Leslie, Malcolm Morley, Philip Pearlstein, Wayne Thiebaud, et al.
After Milwaukee, "Aspects of a New Realism" toured to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, September 17 through October 19, 1969 and the Akron, Ohio, Art Institute, November 9 through December 14, 1969. 1968 Circulating Exhibition 1968 View notes.
"Nostalgia and the Contemporary Artist," Circulating Exhibition, 1968. Works selected by Ivan Karp, Director, Leo Castelli Gallery, with the assistance of Edward Plunkett. Catalog essay "Nostalgic Painting in America." George Deem, Eakins in Sepia Tone, 1966 reproduced catalog page 27. Artists: George Deem, Ellen Lanyon, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Paschke, Andy Warhol, et al. 1965 Houston, Texas December 3, 1965 - January 3, 1966 View notes.
"Dealer's Choice: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Houston, Texas, December 3, 1965 - January 3, 1966. Exhibition Committee: Bruce Glaser and Mrs. Christophe (de Menil) Thurman. Invitation/announcement lists participating New York Galleries (Dealers) Andre Emmerich, Graham, Betty Parsons, Allan Stone, et al., and participating artists: Gene David, George Deems (sic), Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Natkin, Wayne Thiebaud, Jack Youngerman, et al. No checklist of works in the exhibition. Park Synagogue, Cleveland, Ohio November - December 1965 View notes.
"Park Synagogue Art Festival, Park Synagogue, Cleveland, Ohio, November - December 1965.
Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois October 1965 View notes.
"The Rockford Fifty States of Art Exhibition," Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, October 1965. Juried exhibition. Each artist was invited to represent one of the 50 states. George Deem was invited to represent the State of New York. This exhibition was circulated nationally under the auspices of The American Federation of Arts, New York. Catalogue cover reproduction : George Deem, October, 1965.
George Deem won $200. prize.
Byron Gallery, New York June 19 - July 31, 1965 View notes.
"100 American Drawings," Byron Gallery, New York, June 19 - July 31, 1965.
Houston, Texas November 4 - December 5, 1965 View notes.
"Personal Choice: Paintings and Sculptures from Houston Private Collections," November 4 - December 5, 1965. Exhibition curated by Wilson Burdett. Catalogue (checklist; 4 pp.). Artists: Jean Arp, Pierre Bonnard, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, George Deem, Max Ernst, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Rene Magritte, Wayne Thiebaud, et al. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 1965 View notes.
"Contemporary American Painting & Sculpture 1965," Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, 1965.
Nebraska Art Association, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 1965 View notes.
" 74th Annual Exhibition," Nebraska Art Association, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1965.
Artists: George Deem, Jimmy Ernst, Willem de Kooning, Wayne Thiebaud, et al
George Deem's "An English Painting" is an eye-catcher. Miniatures of masterpieces are painted with the infinite care of a craftsman on one large brown background." Helen Haggie, The Lincoln Star, Lincoln Nebraska, Sunday, April 4, 1965, Page 28.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1965 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1965 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1965 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
1964 Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Netherlands June 24 - August 31, 1964 View notes.
"Nieuwe Realisten," Gemeente Museum, The Hague, June 24 - August 31, 1964. Touring to museums in Austria, Belgium, and Germany, the exhibition ended in 1965.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 1964 View notes.
Details uncertain. Participation in this group show perhaps was arranged by Allan Stone Gallery.
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut 1964 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut April 26 - May 28, 1964 View notes.
"Realist Painting: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow," April 26 - May 28, 1964. Invitational Exhibition. Exhibition announcement includes check list. Artists: George Deem, Walter Murch, Alice Neel, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter, Wayne Thiebaud, George Tooker, Jane Wilson, et al. Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco January 1964 View notes.
"Forty-Six Works from New York," Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, January 1964.
Unsigned review, Artforum, January 1964. illus: George Deem, "Composition with Goya #3," 30 x 25 inches, 1963. "The exhibit includes further works of the highest standards, notably from Agnes Martin, Richard Lindner, George Deem and Neil Williams." Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1964 View notes.
Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C. January 1964 View notes.
Washington Gallery of Modern Art Lending Services, Washington D.C., 1964. Loan of "Calligraphy" arranged by Allan Stone Gallery, New York.
Washington Gallery of Modern Art (Collectors' Gallery) January 12, 1964 "Formalist Spanish Painting."
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Bridgeport Museum of Arts and Sciences, Bridgeport, Connecticut View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
Rose Art Museum. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts April 19 - May 17, 1964 View notes.
"Recent American Drawings," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, April 19 - May 17, 1964, Untitled Head of a Woman after Vermeer, "Untitled Goat."
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York 1964 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1964 View notes.
Details uncertain. It is likely that this would be part of the activity of the Allan Stone Gallery to promote interest in the work of George Deem.
1963 Essex County Museum November 9 - 13, 1963 View notes.
"9th Annual Art at Mid-Century," Essex County Museum, November 9 - 13, 1963."Composition with Millet."
(typed note, "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Allan Stone Gallery, New York October 1 - 19, 1963 View notes.
"Group Show," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, October 1 - 19, 1963.
Works by John Chamberlain, George Deem, Arshile Gorky, Robert Mallary, Wayne Thiebaud, Paul Waldman, et al.
Typed document Group Show Oct. 1-19,1963, a Gallery price list, lists "George Deem Little Landscape Goya" with handwritten description "Girl in Swing" which is a possible reading. It is difficult to read in the document) $200 (scratched through) $175.
Museum of Modern Art, New York March 1963 View notes.
Museum of Modern Art MOMA Lending Services, March 21, 1963, Untitled.
(typed note, "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Henri Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia June 1963 View notes.
"Summer Group Show," Henri Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, June 1963.
Unsigned Review, "Henri," The Sunday Star, Washington D.C., June 9, 1963. "George Deem has made a very nice thing out of the calligraphic interest which has remained constant in our time. Paragraph and Two-Page Letter are exactly what they say, in oil on canvas, row after row of illegible writing, a cross between Ben Shahn's work in this area and Saul Steinberg's bogus wine labels, diplomas and certificates." San Francisco Museum of Art View notes.
"Group Show," San Francisco Museum of Art, 1963. Loan of "Drawing with Corot" from Allan Stone Gallery, New York. ( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland January 1963 View notes.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Art Rental Gallery, "untitled Paragraph<" January 22, 1963.
Rental Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, January 15, 1963, "Paragraph" , "Illustration."
Baltimore Museum of Art Rental Gallery, "Goya"
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York February 1963 View notes.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Albright-Knox Members Gallery, "Illustration," February 12, 1963
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Temple B'Nai Sholom 1963 View notes.
"Temple B'Nai Sholom Art Exhibit and Sale," 1963. "Dutch Still Life."
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York). 1962 Robert Graham Gallery, New York May 1962 View notes.
"May Festival," Robert Graham Gallery, New York, May 1962. Note inconsistency in dating and titling of this exhibition.
I was very proud to go to the Graham Gallery exhibition. It was a group show called "May Festival" and the first real gallery I ever exhibited with. I had shown paintings in the City Center Gallery, there was also the Silvermine credit (Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut, April 26 - May 28, 1964)), I had shown work at the Metropolitan Museum in the employees' cafeteria, but all those things just happened to be. A painting at the Graham Gallery did not just happen to be, it was actually sought out. I was asked to exhibit it by Robert Graham. It was one of my large shelf paintings and I remember there were purple and orange stripes in it. It had a dimension that is strange to me in that it was almost a four foot square. While I made the stretcher I got mixed up in the measurements, for I had planned a six by four foot stretcher, I either ran short of wood or forgot what I had in mind and when I put it together I had to paint something on it, and this was the painting chosen.(excerpt from There's a Cow in Manhattan Part 10).
It was Benny Andrews who I thought was really Benjamin, but he said that he was baptized Benny ... (who) has a way of getting around to galleries and introduced me to Robert Graham, the director of the Graham Gallery on Madison Avenue. Robert said, "Call me Bob," when he visited to see my paintings. He was a tall thin man who looked like the men that worked here on Wall Street, was easy to talk with and able to look at contemporary painting. He liked these paintings that I was doing. The paintings were calligraphic with simple brown and white colors and were all vertical canvases with horizontal lines. I am involved with lined paper, so I painted lined paper, and, with a brush, I write paragraphs on these lines with exciting brush strokes. They are not readable, but have the texture of writing. One, rather large, about fifty inches high, had some bright orange flicked around some unreadable words, as though some teacher had graded a paper of writing. Bob was having a group showing of new painters and decided this painting could be in his gallery show. I call it "Paragraph with Orange." ... Bob Graham's exhibition that was in late June had the first painting that I showed in a gallery. Benny had a painting as well as Dick Miller, an abstract painter whom I knew. ... The exhibit was on the second floor of the Graham Building on Madison Avenue at 71st Street. ... The Graham summer exhibition came down, my painting returned, and Bob's assistant Joan Washburn came here to see more paintings.
(excerpt from Notebook 1996, 2001, 2008).
Allan Stone Gallery, New York December 11 - 29, 1962 View notes.
"Nuts & Bolts!," Allan Stone Gallery, New York, December 11 - 29, 1962. No catalog.This was George Deem's initial showing with Allan Stone Gallery. The exhibition also was advertised as a two-man exhibition: "Wayne Nowack / George Deem / Allan Stone Gallery / 48 E 86th St., N.Y.C." Works by George Deem: Black Paragraph #1, 1962; Composition (Goya), 1962; Double Landscape, 1962. Artists with work in the exhibition: Steve Antonakis, Barry Bates, Bruce Breeland, George Deem, Irwin Fleminger, Wayne Nowack, Gerd Stern, Helen Stoller. Documentation: George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York.
My first one-man show was called "Nuts & Bolts." Allan (Stone) arranged the whole thing and although I knew it was happening, and that I was sharing the gallery with a man named Nowack, I was not expecting an announcement in the mail all printed in black and red on white. It was mailed automatically, in that one side had Allan Stone's gallery address with my address printed in that strange registration that Addressographs do, and the other side had large and small printed names of artists in different type and arbitrarily placed all over the card. My name was upside down. It wasn't a two-man show, it was a group show. Group shows never mean anything, just like any group, a group art exhibition is specially uninteresting because no matter what the theme, no artist has ever thought of themes. I saw an exhibition of Vermeer and his contemporaries painting light and everyone who went were looking for the light, which, of course, was used so individually by Vermeer and his contemporaries that the exhibition wasn't about light at all, it wasn't even about Vermeer. "Nuts & Bolts" included some sculpture by a woman who had cast arrangements of huge bolts and nuts. Gerd Stern had some boxes that had lights going off and on in them and Mr. Nowack had boxes and bird cages filled with tiny plastic dolls and Cracker Jack prizes, then painted here and there in very bright colors. It was a poor man's Joseph Cornell. Later in my association with the Allan Stone Gallery, I noticed there was a Joseph Cornell show and I saw no more traces of Nowack. Among the hundred invitations I got to send out myself, most of them had no red registration, so they were just black and white. Naturally, my name was printed in red, so I saw what was happening: the invitations had all been mailed and my name was not on most. In those days this worried me a great deal. (excerpt from There's a Cow in Manhattan Part 11). Barnard College, New York January 8 - 26, 1962 View notes.
"Paintings by Young Americans," Barnard College, New York, January 8 - 26, 1962.James Room, Barnard Hall. Checklist. "Paragraph."
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note, in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
January 8 - 26. "Paintings by Young Americans" Group Exhibition, James Room, Barnard Hall, Barnard College, New York. 1961. Brian O'Doherty, "Art: Exhibition of Rugs.... Young American's Works at Barnard," New York Times, January 23, 1962.
Exhibiting artists: Nell Blaine, George Deem, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, Alfred Leslie, Kenneth Noland, Fairfield Porter, Larry Rivers, Wayne Thiebaud, et al.
Chappaqua PTA Art Fair, Chappaqua, New York March 30 - April 1, 1962 View notes.
"Horace Greeley Scholarship Fund, Chappaqua PTA Art Fair, Chappaqua, New York, March 30 - April 1, 1962. "Alphabet," "Typewriter."
( "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." typed note,in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York). Museum of Modern Art, New York December 1962 View notes.
MOMA Lending Services, December 10, 1962, "Untitled," "Small Paragraph"
(typed note, "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
1961 Museum of Modern Art, New York June 1961 View notes.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. MOMA Lending Services. June 8, 1961, "The Drummond Children," drawing after Corot.
MOMA Lending Services. June 8, 1961, "Small Paragraph," "Untitled," "Untitled," "Postcard."
MOMA, June 8, 1961, "An English Painting," "Letter"
(typed note, "George Deem - All Exhibitions, Loans, etc." in George Deem archive at Allan Stone Projects, New York).
Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas January 7 - February 7, 1961 View notes.
"30 Annual American Graphic Arts and Drawing Exhibition," Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, January 7 - February 7, 1961. Checklist Paul Kessler Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts July 22 - 28, 1961 View notes.
July 22 - 28. "Three Painters," Paul Kessler Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, July 22 - 28, 1961
1960 Eleventh Annual New England Exhibition 1960 1958 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois June 14 - 29, 1958 View notes.
" Chicago Artists 1958," Sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Art Organizations, June 14 -29, 1958. 2100 artists represented by one work each.
No. 46: Benny Andrews, God's Little Men. No. 415: George Deem, Untitled. No. 728: Lee Guilliatt, The Flower Seller. 1957 Johnson Galleries, Chicago November 1957 View notes.
"Alumni Association of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago," Johnson Galleries, Chicago, November 1957.
November. A Vincennes artist, George Deem, Jr., son of George Deem of 426 Church Street, has a fine painting, "Pink Chair," hanging in a current exhibition of the works of members of the Alumni Association of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition will continue through Nov. 20 at the Johnson Galleries, 424 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Mr. Deem is a senior in the School of the Art Institute, and his painting has attracted much favorable comment, according to Mary Bornarth, president of the Alumni Association. (Unsigned article, Vincennes Sun-Commercial, Vincennes, Indiana). 0000 Tete-A-Tete: Portraits in Dialogue February 25 - April 25, 2016, Allan Stone Projects, New York View notes.
Artists included in the show are Bo Bartlett, William Beckman, Willem de Kooning, John De Andrea, George Deem, Richard Estes, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Susan Hauptman, Elizabeth King, Franz Kline, Dianne Moore, John O'Reilly, Guy Pene du Bois, Stephen Cornelius Roberts, David Alfaro Siqueirosi, James Weeks, and Jack Whitton.
Tete-A-Tete: Portraits in Dialogue February 25 - April 25, 2016 View notes.
"Tete-A-Tete: Portraits in Dialogue," Allan Stone Projects, New York. Artists included in the show are: Bo Bartlett, William Beckman
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