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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MY_TURNLO-RES.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/HAD_ITlores-1024x514.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OBSTRUCTED_VIEWlores-1024x515.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/JUST_THENlores-1024x518.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/thiscloselores-1024x513.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TO_BElores-1024x512.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/UNFORESEEN_DEVl-r-514x1024.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/POSS_BETTERlores-1024x515.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MINUTES_LATERl-r-1-1024x513.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RIGHT_TURNlores-511x1024.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CLEAN_BREAKlores-1024x516.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/APPR_AVOIDlores-510x1024.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/PLAN-A-PLAN-Blo-res-1024x505.jpg)
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](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NOT_JUST_ABOUTl-r.jpg)
30″ x 30″ oil/wood, sandlbasted glass, bolts
After Gustave Courbet, L’Immensite, 1869