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Seward Park, New York City2007charcoal on paper15 x 32 3/4 inches

Anthony

MitriAmerican, b. 1951

• Anthony Mitri's meticulous, life-like charcoal drawings, executed using exceptional concentration, patience and skill, portray the French countryside, urban Paris and New York City. Each charcoal is the representation of a personal, emotional experience bound to the location depicted.

• Photographs which Mitri takes at each location help him recall his time spent in such places. These images also serve as guidelines, enabling him to outline the compositional elements of his subjects by way of an under-drawing, after which lighting and the creation of an appropriate mood become his primary focus.

• More than photographs, however, Mitri’s own indelible memories of each location serve as his primary source material. This could include certain sounds and smells, as well as all the related circumstances in his life which colored his perceptions and influenced his emotions at that particular time and place.

• The artist has said that "The experience of having been there is crucial to these pictures; the process of rendering a drawing becomes an extended moment of memory, the finished piece, a memoir in charcoal".

• In describing his feelings about the work, Mitri quotes the poet William Wordsworth who wrote of an "emotion recollected in tranquility".

-Forum Galleryhttp://www.forumgallery.com/adetail.php?id=287

Seward Park, Exit, New York2007charcoal on paper5 7/8 x 21 inches

Space in the Lower East Side, Manhattan2007charcoal on paper15 x 25 3/4 inches

3:15 P.M. , Penn Station, NY, NY2006charcoal on paper12 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches

no. 29, Penn Station, NY, NY2006charcoal on paper26 x 18 3/16 inches

no. 188, Penn Station, NY, NY2006charcoal on paper6 x 26 3/4 inches

10:37 P.M., Penn Station, NY, NY2006charcoal on paper

12 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches

West 54th Street from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY2006Charcoal on paper36 x 16 1/2".

Vacant Lot, Manhattan2007Charcoal on paper 18” x 16 1/2"

Early MorningParis, France2006Charcoal on paper20 ¾” x 14 1/8"

Normandy, France2003Charcoal on paper30” x 22 1/2".

Normandy, France2003 Charcoal on paper30” x 22 1/2"

The fact that Mitri chooses to depict two of the world’s great metropoli and historical centers of art and culture without the bustle of the human presence is significant. The most common purpose for such a glaring omission would normally be to produce a portrait of the city itself, its inner spirit. More to the point, and very much reinforced in a series of “Penn Station” drawings, is a tone of gathering anxiety and pessimism. Rather than undercutting the technical authority and immediate eye appeal, this lends the work the weight of purpose. By choosing to imply rather than close the narrative, Mitri gives you a good deal to chew on.

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