MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITION:
FRED STALOFF
ORIGINS OF A MODERNIST
CURATED BY GARY ERBE
EXHIBIT ON LOAN FROM
THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART
April 27th, 2025 - June 1st, 2025
Opening Reception:
Sunday, April 27th, 2025 | 4pm-6pm
Main Gallery Hours:
Tuesdays - Sundays: 10am-4pm
Mondays Closed
EXHIBIT STATEMENT
The Monmouth Museum is honored to announce a solo exhibition presenting the remarkable works of acclaimed artist Fred Staloff. Fred Staloff was an American artist, born in Jersey City, NJ, who passed away in 2019. Staloff was a veteran of World War II, painted most of his life, studied in Paris and held exhibits throughout the United States for many years.
Fred Staloff’s “Origin’s of a Modernist” exhibition is a celebration of Staloff’s artistic vision & talent . Fred Staloff uses recognizable themes as a point of departure from realism to expression.
“The paintings may emerge intuitively from some inner need. Until the present, I have always felt the need to situate my forms in space, sometimes shallow, sometimes deeper. I assiduously avoid the flat rendition of form which leads to decoration or stylization,” Staloff said before his passing.
CURATOR STATEMENT
“Fred Staloff's paintings are modern in every respect, clearly defined and aesthetically pleasing. Staloff showed a true understanding of form and color, simplifying nature to the point of abstraction.”
— Gary Erbe, Guest Curator
“Fred Staloff's approach to painting was derived from the visually oriented work of Cézanne owing much to the emotional energies of both the European and American brands of expressionism.”
1958-61 38 x 50 inches, Oil on Canvas Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art
28 x 40 inches, Oil on Canvas Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art
1990 21.75 x 18 inches, Oil on Panel Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art
1958-61 38 x 50 inches, Oil on Canvas Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art
— Dr. Louis A. Zona, Executive Director of the Butler Institute of American Art