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Remembering September 11 - Paintings and Writings by Ed Rath
Artist’s Statement
I watched the twin towers burn from upper Manhattan while working on a renovation job. My daughter was attending Stuyvesant High School, which is just a few blocks away from ground zero. I spent the day looking for her,
and was greatly relieved when we both finally made it home to Brooklyn safely. The whole family was united again.
We lived with the horrible smell of burning rubble for months afterwards. We looked at the skyline everyday, shocked to see the towers gone.
Walking around for six hours among thousands of New Yorkers that day was an extraordinary experience. Everyone felt the great loss, but everyone stayed
calm and behaved well. New Yorkers bonded deeply that day through their
collective pain and grief.
I tried to capture the feeling of that day by painting crowds of people
walking away from the burning towers. The shock and sadness were apparent in every face.
Using images of subway riders from my sketch books, I made several paintings
of New Yorkers leaving ground zero.
My paintings of September 11 focus on the ordinary citizens of New York, and
how they conducted themselves during this stressful time. The tragedy seemed
to unify us and it brought out the best in people. I feel that the terrorist
failed in their mission, because people remained strong and dignified, and
did not give in to their fear.
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ED RATH 220 PLYMOUTH STREET APT 3A BROOKLYN, NY 11201
Tel (718) 855-8178 www.edrath.com www.edrathbook.com
EDUCATION
1976 MFA Yale University, New Haven, CT, Winner of Phelps-Berdan Award
1974 BFA Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1972-73 Brighton Polytechnic Art and Design, Brighton, United Kingdom
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 “Under the Influence” (Catalogue) M55 ART LIC, NY
“The Nature of Art” Vit Gallery, Seoul, North Korea
“Ed Rath: New Work on Paper” Nuovo E. Vecchio, Kobe, Japan
2009 “Terrible Trees” M55 ART, LIC, NY
2007 “Emotional Mirror, New Work by Ed Rath” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
2006 “Remembering 911” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New
Jersey
“Imagination” Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT curator Wendy
Kelley
2005 “Grieved and Bereaved in Brooklyn” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
“Ed Rath: A Story from D.U.M.B.O.” H.A.C. Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2004 “New Paintings, Crisis in the White House” 55 Mercer
Gallery
2002 “Paintings” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
“Messages from Ground Zero” Shimin Plaza Gallery, Himeji, Japan
2001 “New Work” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
2000 “Exploring Ideas through Drawing” Hunt Gallery, Webster
University, St. Louis, Missouri
1997 “New Work” The Project Room, Thread Waxing Space, NYC
1996 “Ed Rath” The Landmark at East View, Tarrytown, NY, Curator Wendy
Kelly
“Human, Nature” UCON at Storrs, NY Times Review by Bill Zimmer
1994 “Ed Rath Paintings” Gallery B.A.I., NYC
1992 “Decade” 1982-91, Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center,
Brooklyn, NY
1991 “Paintings” WEBO Gallery, NYC
1987 “Ed Rath Vassar College Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1980 “Ed Rath Paintings” Art Galaxy, NYC
“Ed Rath Paintings” Drew University Gallery, Madison, NJ
COLLECTIONS
Dietrich Mateschitz, Salzburg, Austria
Dr. Hans Peter Schutzinger, Salzburg, Austria
John Wesley, NYC
Sage Hill, Cambridge, MA, Corporate Art Collection)
Centre Investment Services, Pembroke, Bermuda, Corporate Art
Collection
Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar, Boston, MA, Corporate Art Collection
Hale and Dorr, Washington DC, Corporate Art Collection
Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY, Corporate Art Collection
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, Coney Island Hospital
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Telling Tales” Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
“Portrayal” Lohin Geduld Gallery, NYC,
“Topology of Dream Time” HAC Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2008 “Reload” M55 ART, LIC NY
2007 “55 Mercer Gallery Artists” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2006 “Grand Allusions” The Painting Center, NYC
“New York Contemporary, Art Times Squared” Hangart-7
Salzburg,Austria (Catalogue, TV interview, newspaper essay)
“East Wind West Wind” Ed Rath, Meridith McNeil, Shiro Sasaki,
HAC Gallery, Kobe City, Japan
2005 “Project Diversity” Magnolia Tree Gallery, Brooklyn, New
York
2004 “Hibiki, A Conversation With Nature”, City Hall, Phoenix, Arizona
“Reduce/Reuse/Reexamine”, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “Rivington Beach” Gallery One Twenty Eight, NYC
2002 “A Wall of Prayer – A Crisis In New York” (traveling show)
Himeji, Osaka, and Yamasaki,Japan
2001 “River Styx Poetry Magazine Benefit Show” St. Louis Missouri.
“Young At Art: Youthful Inspiration” Morgan Industrial Ctr.,
Jersey City, NJ
2000 "Narratives, Tanya Hartman, Ruth Moritz, Ed Rath” Salina Art
Center,
Salina, Kansas, curated by Saralyn Reece Hardy. Catalog.
1999 “Outer Boroughs” White Columns, NYC
“Size Matters” Gayle Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by
Mike Weiss
1998 “Cityscapes” HBO Gallery, NYC, curated by Wendy
Kelley
1996 "On the Waterfront" Kentler International, Brooklyn, NY
1996 “The Crest Hardware Show” Brooklyn, NY, Curator Gene Pool
"Scratch" Thread Waxing Space, NYC, Catalogue
“Benefit Exhibition” The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995 "Split Level" Art In General, Curator Lisa Corinne Davis,
Catalogue
“Drawings” Soho Biennial 450 Broadway, Curator Matt Meyers
1993-94 “The Machine in the Garden Revisited” Kingsborough College
Gallery, Catalogue essay by Curator Janet Riker
1993 Bronx River Art Center Gallery, Curator Mariella Bisson
1991-92 Frank J. Miele Gallery, NYC
1991 "Selections" 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC, Curator Connie Butler
"Portraits and People" Frank J. Miele Gallery, NYC
1990 "Who Laughs...Last?" Marymount Manhattan College Gallery,
NYC, Curator Karen Harris
1989 “Rainforest Benefit Show” NYC Curator Robert Costa
"The Live Ones" Boathouse Gallery, Prospect Park, Brooklyn,
Curator Mariella Bisson
"Wanted Dead or Alive" 10 on 8, NYC
1983-98 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Annual Shows
1986 BWAC Group Show NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs City Gallery,
NYC. Curator Charlotta Kotik
1985-86 Parsons School of Design Gallery NYC
1984 The Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery Brooklyn, NY
1983 “The Grand Gallop” Artists Space, NYC, Catalogue essay by
Curator Jim Casebere
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1998-99 NYC BOE & SCA “Jump Rope” brick mural at P.S. 7, Brooklyn, NY
1998-99 NYC BOE & SCA “We Are the Future” ceramic tile, P.S. 7, Brooklyn, NY
BOOKS
2009 “FOR THE PEOPLE – THE PAINTINGS AND WRITINGS OF ED RATH”
published by Xlibris copyright Ed Rath 2009
2011 “UNDER THE INFLUENCE” Catalogue of drawings and paintings from
2009 - 2011 Designed by Assa Bigger 2011 Copyright Ed Rath
2011 Published by Blurb