CONWAY, Ark. (June 25, 2015) – Greg Thompson ’90 will open Southern Abstraction, an exhibition featuring work by some of the most important Abstract Expressionist artists who painted and who are painting in the South today, at Greg Thompson Fine Art in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District.
The exhibition opens Friday, July 17, from 5 – 8 p.m., and will run till Saturday, Sept. 12.
The exhibition chronicles the Abstract Expressionist movement in the South and features works from historic artists Dusti Bongé, Ida Kohlmeyer and Andrew Bucci, who pioneered the Abstract Expressionist movement in the South in the 1940s – 1960s, alongside contemporary counterparts creating
master works today such as Wolf Kahn, Sammy Peters, Robyn Horn, James Hendricks, Pinkney Herbert and Gay Bechtelheimer.
Greg Thompson Fine Art, established in 1995 as a private art consulting and art dealership, opened its public gallery space at 429 Main Street in the historic Argenta area of North Little Rock in June 2009. The gallery is on the second floor of a renovated historic building built in 1895
known as the Faucette Building and has more than 3,000 square feet of public and private viewing space.
Thompson spent several months designing his new space to look, feel, and operate with the integrity and quality of similar galleries in New York, Chicago and Paris. It boasts 18-foot ceilings, original hardwood floors, and clean white walls.
“There is nothing like it in the state of Arkansas,” said Thompson. “It is quickly becoming a destination gallery for the South.”
The gallery’s focus is on important Southern Regional artists, established artists and important modern masters from the 19thand 20th century.
Greg Thompson Fine Art has consistently received awards for the Best Gallery in Arkansas from the readers of AY Magazine and Soiree magazine and has been featured prominently in the New
York Times, Garden & Gun, ArtNews, Art In America, and Arkansas
Life.
"At this gallery you'll find a terrific collection of Southern regionalists work." – New
York Times
"In the 20 years since Thompson went into business as an art dealer, he's built a reputation as one of the premier gallery owners in the South."
– Arkansas
Life
“You could fill a text book on twentieth-century Southern art with the work on display at Greg Thompson Fine Art.” – Garden & Gun Magazine
Hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., and by appointment.
For more information, visit
www.gregthompsonfineart.com
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Hendrix College
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the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.