2006

DIPTYCHS at JAMES GRAHAM GALLERY, New York

He stared back at the house, and then turned and drifted on…. It wasn’t just this street corner but the fact of a street corner at all that seemed, in the light of the moment, so beautiful.

–Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, 2004

Ken Aptekar, MY TURN, 2006 30" x 60" (76.2cm x 152.4cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Claude Monet, Women in the garden, 1867
Ken Aptekar, MY TURN, 2006
30″ x 60″ (76.2cm x 152.4cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Claude Monet, Women in the garden, 1867
Ken Aptekar, HAD IT, 2006 37" x 74" (94cm x 188cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Edward Hopper, New York Office 1962, Guy Pene du Bois, The Art Lovers, 1922
Ken Aptekar, HAD IT, 2006
37″ x 74″ (94cm x 188cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Edward Hopper, New York Office 1962, Guy Pene du Bois, The Art Lovers, 1922
Ken Aptekar, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, 2006, 30" x 60" (76.2cm x 152.4cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Jan Weissenbruch, View of the St. Catharine-Gasthaus in Arnhem, c. 1850
Ken Aptekar, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, 2006, 30″ x 60″ (76.2cm x 152.4cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Jan Weissenbruch, View of the St. Catharine-Gasthaus in Arnhem, c. 1850
Ken Aptekar, JUST THEN, 2006 30" x 60" (76.2cm x152.4cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Giorgio di Chirico, Mystery and Melancholy of a Street, 1914  Giorgio di Chirico, Melanconia, 1912
Ken Aptekar, JUST THEN, 2006
30″ x 60″ (76.2cm x152.4cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Giorgio di Chirico, Mystery and Melancholy of a Street, 1914
Giorgio di Chirico, Melanconia, 1912
Ken Aptekar, THIS CLOSE, 2006 24" x 48" (61cm x 122cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  Details of four drawings by Jean-Antoine Watteau (L-R):  1. Sheet of studies: a standard-bearer standing, seen from the back,  two men carrying plates; a head of a man encircled by a harness;  three studies of hands, 1714-15  2. Woman standing, turned to the left with face in extreme profile, 1714-15  3. Two men standing, one seen in three-quarter view, the other seen from the back,  turned toward the left hands crossed behind his back, 1713-14  4. Five men standing, 1710-11
Ken Aptekar, THIS CLOSE, 2006
24″ x 48″ (61cm x 122cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
Details of four drawings by Jean-Antoine Watteau (L-R):
1. Sheet of studies: a standard-bearer standing, seen from the back,
two men carrying plates; a head of a man encircled by a harness;
three studies of hands, 1714-15
2. Woman standing, turned to the left with face in extreme profile, 1714-15
3. Two men standing, one seen in three-quarter view, the other seen from the back,
turned toward the left hands crossed behind his back, 1713-14
4. Five men standing, 1710-11
Ken Aptekar, TO BE, 2006 18" x 36" (45.7cm x 91.5cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Vincent Van Gogh, Self-portrait, 1886, Vincent Van Gogh, Self-portrait, 1889
Ken Aptekar, TO BE, 2006
18″ x 36″ (45.7cm x 91.5cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Vincent Van Gogh, Self-portrait, 1886, Vincent Van Gogh, Self-portrait, 1889
Ken Aptekar, UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENT, 2006 37" x 74" (94cm x 188cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley,  Glacier Point Trail, c. 1873
Ken Aptekar, UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENT, 2006
37″ x 74″ (94cm x 188cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail, c. 1873
Ken Aptekar, POSSIBLY BETTER, 2006 30" x 60" (76.2cm x 152.4cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Stefano di Giovanni, known as "Sasetta,"  St. Ranieri delivering the poor from a prison in Florence, c. 1437-1444
Ken Aptekar, POSSIBLY BETTER, 2006
30″ x 60″ (76.2cm x 152.4cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Stefano di Giovanni, known as “Sasetta,”
St. Ranieri delivering the poor from a prison in Florence, c. 1437-1444
Ken Aptekar, MINUTES LATER, 2006 37" x 74" (94cm x 188cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942
Ken Aptekar, MINUTES LATER, 2006
37″ x 74″ (94cm x 188cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942
RIGHT TURN, 2006 36" x 18" (91.5cm x 45.7cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-1943
Ken Aptekar, RIGHT TURN, 2006
36″ x 18″ (91.5cm x 45.7cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-1943
Ken Aptekar, CLEAN BREAK, 2006 18" x36" (45.7cm x 91.5cm),  diptych, oil/wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Kasimir Malevich, Black Square and Red Square, 1915
Ken Aptekar, CLEAN BREAK, 2006
18″ x36″ (45.7cm x 91.5cm),
diptych, oil/wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Kasimir Malevich, Black Square and Red Square, 1915
Ken Aptekar, APPROACH AVOIDANCE, 2006 48" x 24" (122cm x 61cm),  diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Alfred Sisley, Snow at Louveciennes, 1874
Ken Aptekar, APPROACH AVOIDANCE, 2006
48″ x 24″ (122cm x 61cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Alfred Sisley, Snow at Louveciennes, 1874

 

OTHER WORKS FROM 2006

Ken Aptekar, PLAN A, PLAN B  35" x 70" (89cm x 178cm), diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts  After Jean-Baptiste Corot, Souvenir d'un pré à Brunoy, 1855-65
Ken Aptekar, PLAN A, PLAN B
35″ x 70″ (89cm x 178cm),
diptych, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts
After Jean-Baptiste Corot, Souvenir d’un pré à Brunoy, 1855-65
Ken Aptekar, Not Just about a few words, 2006 30" x 30" oil/wood, sandlbasted glass, bolts After Gustave Courbet, L'Immensite, 1869
Ken Aptekar, Not Just about a few words, 2006
30″ x 30″ oil/wood, sandlbasted glass, bolts
After Gustave Courbet, L’Immensite, 1869