Murray Hill Neighborhood Association

Freundorfer Gallery at the Kitano Hotel

Feb 21, 2001

This spring this little gem of a gallery is showcasing black ceramic vases by Welsh sculptor Keith Munro, an internationally renowned ceramic designer whose work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art(NYC), Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Emperor of Japan, among others. Each vase has a unique sculptural surface quality due to a blend of ancient and modern firing techniques. According to the artist, the flames from the burning wood create uncontrollable surface patterns on the vase that allow him to concentrate on the simplicity of form.

In addition, the Freundorfer Gallery and Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art will be exhibiting at the ?“Works on Paper?” Fair March 2nd - 4th, at the Park Avenue Armory (at 67th Street). Included will be gallery artist Frederick Mershimer?’s mezzotints of New York, shown together with the preparatory drawings and at least one copper mezzotint plate.

Also on view will be classical drawings by Jacques Lipschiz, Fernando Botero, Robert Motherwell and a very special ink portrait of Albert Einstein by Josef Schari, signed both by the artist and Professor Einstein.