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James Gahagan's achievements as a colorist stand with those of Hofmann, Delaunay and Matisse, who developed color as the primary vehicle of form and meaning in painting. Despite the abstract appearance of his work, he was essentially a realist. "We could redefine realism to mean that which we experience empathetically within the work as believable, significant. That which feels true is real, experientially," he wrote. His luminous paintings were inspired by the moods and color rhythms created by every nuance of light playing across the landscape surrounding his home in Vermont. James Gahagan is featured in a documentary on Hans Hofmann that premiered on national public television in June, 2003, an abbreviated version of which was displayed continually during the Hans Hofmann exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring of 1999. |
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