This catalogue is released on the occasion of the co-hosted exhibition The Mitt Paintings 1988-1993 by Jules Olitski in a bilingual edition, with an essay by Jim Walsh and an illustrated chronology by Alex Grimley.
‘Now, as I write this at the end of July 2024, I have regained my balance and remember how much better these Mitt paintings looked to me in June on that visit to Vermont, like water in the desert. Thirty-five years after their creation, the Mitt paintings reveal more indomitable spirit than ever.
Today the world may be ready to catch up with them.‘
Jim Walsh
Galerie Templon continues to explore the work of leading American Color Field painter Jules Olitski (1922-2007) after showing his paintings from the 70s and 80s in 2015 et 2019 respectively. The new exhibition is divided into two parts, one in Paris, the other in New York at Yares Art, and focuses on his work from the 90s.
