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GEORGE BARTKO: MARKS
November 17 - December 30, 2017

Imlay Gallery is pleased to present George Bartko: MARKS. The exhibition runs from November 17th through December 30th, 2017. These exquisite wash drawings using powdered tempera and water are a delight for the senses. Bartko completed the series of seventy drawings in 1989. Today the work looks as fresh and vibrant as if they were done yesterday. Each drawing is done in one gesture, without lifting the brush from the paper. His technical mastery of the medium is apparent in the tonal qualities that imbue these “humble objects most of us …