Jill Newhouse Gallery is pleased to have on view their third show of works by New York artist Gerard Mossé. These 21 vibrant watercolors were done from 1998-2000, at the end of a period of transition and struggle in the artists life, and represent the beginning of his career commitment to the depiction of light through color. Paul Klee, experiencing the distinct quality of light in North Africa during a visit to Tunisia, once quipped, Color possesses me. I dont have to pursue it. It will possess me always… Color and I are one. I am a painter. It is an apt quote for the series of watercolors Gerard Mossé on view at Jill Newhouse Gallery. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Gerard Mossé moved to Marseille at age 12 and later to Los Angeles. Like Klee, Matisse, and other artists, Mossé was strongly influenced by the intense light and vivid colors
Jill Newhouse Gallery presents Gerard Mossé: Light Rising: Watercolors 1998-2000
