A unique two gallery exhibition of paintings by Geoffrey Baker will
be on view from June 7 through August 10. ICON Gallery and Art 52
are combining forces to show off the delightful work by this very
special Fairfield artist/educator.
Beloved to all who knew him, Geoffrey Baker was Professor of Art
at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa from 1979
until he passed away in 2011. His spirit, humor, wit, creativity,
sweetness, and appreciation for beauty touched hundreds of lives.
Prior to teaching in Fairfield, Professor Baker was a well-established
painter and educator in England. He taught at the Camberwell
School of Art in London, where he associated with a renowned
group of artists including Sir Stanley Spencer, R.B. Kitaj, Dodie
Masterman, Phillip Matthews and Richard Kennedy. He displayed in
galleries throughout England, including Leicester Gallery, South
London Art Group, and frequently at the Royal Academy, which
purchased one of his paintings.
“Geoffrey Baker’s paintings are as good as anything I’ve seen in
this genre, which we might describe as ‘impressionistic dream art,”
says ICON Director Bill Teeple. “I think the master of this style
would be Marc Chagall, but Baker gives Chagall a run for his
money. The paintings celebrate memories of his childhood and
stir childlike visions inside the viewer.”
For more information contact Bill Teeple, bill@icon-art.org.
September & October, 2019
Fairfield Collects
November & December, 2019
Duncan Brown Photography
Irene Murphy Flower Paintings
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Geoffrey Baker Paintings at Two Galleries
IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
Hudson Collection Gallery Opens at ICON
The inaugural installation in ICON’s Hudson Collection Gallery
features the Anonymous Shiva Linga Paintings exhibited at the
55th Venice Biennale, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, artistic
director of the 2013 Venice Biennale and associate director of the
New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. For the Biennale
installation, Gioni selected 31 paintings from the series of 71
Anonymous Shiva Linga Paintings assembled by Franck André
Jamme and Feature Inc., New York. ICON’s exhibition duplicates
the selection and sequence of the paintings at the Biennale.
The Hudson Collection of 55 Shiva Linga paintings was donated
to ICON Gallery last year by the heirs of New York gallery owner
“Hudson.” It is one of the finest collections of its kind in the
country. The exhibition of 67 pieces from Hudson’s original
collection was shown in ICON's main gallery this spring. From
now on, portions of the collection will be on display in The
Hudson Collection Gallery on the ICON mezzanine.
This exhibition includes a video that David T. Hanson and Allen
Cobb created of the Anonymous Shiva Linga Paintings, displayed
on a monitor in continuous loop accompanied by the traditional
Vedic chanting of the 1,000 names of Shiva.
