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...Boylston Street Print Gallery are paintings and stained glass by Warren Jennerjahn, a young artist who succeeded Paul Albers in the Art Department at Black Mountain College. Like Albers, Jennerjahn is an heir of the de stijl movement. His paintings show a Neo-Plastic preference for horizontal and vertical themes. The development of this kind of painting out of cubism is shown in the transition from a fairly realistic housetop view to a small painting of a studio window in which the qualities of design begin to take command. Most of Jennerjahn's other paintings consider the canvas...
More exciting effects with light and color are produced in the stained glass that adorns the gallery windows. Experimenting with the stained glass medium, Jennerjahn often abandons the use of lead between the frames of color to get an unusual blend and softness of light. At other times he paints the glass instead of baking in the colors. This produces unusual designs to complement vibrant colors. Jennerjahn's painting tends to be academic. Where so much theory is involved there is hardly enough room for expression. The stained glass seems to be less forced and more alive...
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