On Thursday, November 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Stremmel Gallery will host an opening reception for New York artist Wolf Kahn. Entitled "Light and Color," Kahn demonstrates his mastery of both of these elements in this new exhibition of oils and pastels. The show will continue through December 3.

Wolf Kahn's work has been called a "dialogue between the abstract and the representational." Now in his late 70's, Kahn continues to focus on the landscape as his subject, simplifying and creating planes of color to form abstracted images. It is Kahn's proficiency with color that has made him one of the most highly regarded colorists working in America today. His use of color has been said to cause his paintings to appear to "glow from within."

Wolf Kahn was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1927, coming to the United States in 1940. After his discharge from the Navy, he studied with Hans Hoffmann in New York and Provincetown, where he became Hoffmann's assistant. In 1951 he received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago. He has received a Fulbright Scholarship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kahn's works are in the permanent collections of major museums, including the National Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In September 1996, a comprehensive monograph on his paintings was published, followed in 2000 by a second, this time on his pastels. Both were published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

On Thursday, November 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, the public is invited to the reception to view Kahn's work. The show will continue through December 3. Stremmel Gallery is located at 1400 S. Virginia Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. For more information, contact Stremmel Gallery at 786-0558.

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Wolf Kahn