May 1, 1956–June 10, 1956

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Work by two young painters and a sculptor will be on view to the public at the Museum of Modem Art, 11 West 53 Street, from May 7 through June 10 in the ninth of the New Talent series of exhibitions of works by artists who have not had major oneman shows in New York. Paintings by Pierre Clerk and Robert Kabak and bronze sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi are being shown in the exhibition under the direction of Andrei Carnduff Ritchie, All the works are for sale to Museum members, and while the show is on view, the Members' Penthouse, where the exhibition is installed, will be open to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Six paintings by Pierre Clerk, 28-year old artist who has had several exhibitions in Europe, are included, Mr. Clerk was born of Canadian parents in Georgia and educated at McGill University and at the School of Art and Design in Montreal. He has lived in Europe since 1952, His bold abstractions are untitled, simply numbered and dated.

Dimitri Hadzi, who was born of Greek parents in New York in 1921, studied in Brooklyn and Cooper Union. In 1950 he won a Fulbright Scholarship for study of sculpture in Greece, and in 1955 he received a Tiffany Sculpture Award. Like Pierre Clerk, Hadzi has had several exhibitions in Europe but his work has not been shown in this country. His subjects include centaurs, bird women, an elephant and a Roman cat. He works in bronze and most of his pieces are relatively small. The largest, Centa and Lapith, for example is 39" long.

Robert Kabak, born in New York City in 1930, studied in New York public school and Brooklyn College. In 195^ he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University where he had been given the scholarship to study painting. He has worked in many parts of New York, and his paintings are views of the city or are inspired it-- The East River, Narrows at Night, River at Night, and a painting entitled October. He builds up his compositions in small, many-sided geometric shapes, and frequently uses a luminosity in some areas that resembles the reflected light of city which is often seen in glass or in water. Eight of his pictures are included.

The New Talent series of exhibitions was initiated by the Museum in 1950. The series of smaller, informal exhibitions was planned as an additional means to show little-known work which in the opinion of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, under the direction of Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, merits the attention of the Museum's members and the New York public. By "new" the Museum means artists who have not received a major one-man showing in New York City. It does not exclude artists whose work is known in other parts of the country or who are known for work in different fields.

Pierre Clerk, Painting, II, 1955