Exhibition News: Dimitri Hadzi at Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago
ROSENTHAL FINE ART PRESENTS:
Dimitri Hadzi, “Elmo II,” 1959, bronze, Edition of IV, 30 x 24 x 21 in (76.2 x 61 x 53.3 cm)
DIMITRI HADZI: HISTORICAL ECHOES
May 4-June 30, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 4, 5-8p
Hours: Monday-Friday, 11a-5p
Rosenthal Fine Art, Inc
210 W Superior Street
Chicago
This exhibition marks the first solo survey in Chicago in nearly three decades by one of the most distinguished sculptors of the 20th century. “Dimitri Hadzi: Historical Echoes” features signature works from the artist’s oeuvre dating from the 1950s to the 2000s.
Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006) is among the most distinguished sculptors of the 20th century. He is the last American modernist. His work is characterized by its unique ability to merge themes and traditions from ancient Hellenic culture–language and attitudes, mythology and theater–with 20th century tenets of Modernism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. While Hadzi's work presents itself in formalist terms, it always remains rooted in meaning drawn from his Greek heritage.
This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Estate of Dimitri Hadzi.
Dimitri Hadzi in his studio and garden on via Eleonora Pimentel, Rome, with “Elmo II,” 1959, bronze, Edition of IV, 30 x 24 x 21 in (76.2 x 61 x 53.3 cm)
"Dimitri Hadzi's sculptures have the deeply satisfactory, self-sufficiency of all finished work. They do the paradoxical things which the best sculptural forms do...I value Dimitri's oeuvre because of its nice combination of confidence and impersonality, muscle and nimbleness, historical echo and original forthrightness, its excellence on the largest and smallest scales. I value it because I know from looking at it and from observing its maker that it springs from a proverbial need which acts as a kind of sweet torment until it finds its release and equivalent in the silent adequacy of the sculptures themselves."
–Seamus Heaney, poet, Nobel Prize laureate, 1966
Installation images by: @ianacephoto
