Shared Light: The Art of Alice Baber and Paul Jenkins
Upsilon Gallery•Apr 10, 2025 — May 31, 2025
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NEW YORK, NY - Upsilon Gallery is pleased to present an illuminating dual exhibition of works by Alice Baber (b.1928 – d.1982) and Paul Jenkins (b.1923 – d.2012), two towering figures in Postwar Abstraction whose intertwined lives and creative practices helped shape the trajectory of Abstract Expressionism.
Shared Light not only celebrates the vibrant visual language of Alice Baber and Paul Jenkins, but also traces the personal and artistic bond that briefly brought them together in a marriage and continued to shape their creative lives long after. This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to view their work in dialogue—revealing both the subtle harmonies and striking contrasts that defined their shared pursuit of abstraction.
Baber grew up in Kansas, Illinois, and Jenkins in Kansas City, Missouri, a similar rural Midwestern environment that seeded their sensitivity to light, nature, and open space—shaping their early years by both a sense of geograp…
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Shared Light: The Art of Alice Baber and Paul Jenkins
Upsilon Gallery•Apr 10, 2025 — May 31, 2025
Press Release
NEW YORK, NY - Upsilon Gallery is pleased to present an illuminating dual exhibition of works by Alice Baber (b.1928 – d.1982) and Paul Jenkins (b.1923 – d.2012), two towering figures in Postwar Abstraction whose intertwined lives and creative practices helped shape the trajectory of Abstract Expressionism.
Shared Light not only celebrates the vibrant visual language of Alice Baber and Paul Jenkins, but also traces the personal and artistic bond that briefly brought them together in a marriage and continued to shape their creative lives long after. This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to view their work in dialogue—revealing both the subtle harmonies and striking contrasts that defined their shared pursuit of abstraction.
Baber grew up in Kansas, Illinois, and Jenkins in Kansas City, Missouri, a similar rural Midwestern environment that seeded their sensitivity to light, nature, and open space—shaping their early years by both a sense of geograp…
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