James Barron Art

About the Gallery
James Barron founded his art business in 1987 as a private art dealer and consultant, and established James Barron Art in 2010. He specializes in modern and contemporary American and European art. He exhibits regularly at art fairs including The ADAA Art Show, the Dallas Art Fair, the Outsider Art Fair, and Intersect Art and Design fairs

James Barron divides his time between Rome, Italy, and Kent, CT. He worked at Knoedler Gallery from 1980-85 with Post-War and Contemporary American art and at Jan Krugier Gallery from 1985-87, with the Marina Picasso Collection and Modern masterworks. He has sold Modern works by Picasso, Matisse, Arp, Giacometti and Pollock, as well as Contemporary art by Andy Warhol, Sol LeWitt, Beverly Pepper, Jules Olitski, Alice Neel, Winfred Rembert, Norman Lewis, and Cy Twombly. Barron is equally adept in guiding both new and experienced collectors.

The gallery has an ongoing series of interviews with artists and art historians, reflecting a longstanding tradition of art historical scholarship.

About the Presentation
James Barron Art will exhibit works on paper by Janet Sobel and Sol LeWitt. Known for her brief and previously overlooked career in 1940s New York, Sobel is increasingly recognized for her pioneering paintings that skillfully merged influences from folk art from her native Ukraine with Surrealism and all-over abstraction. The self-taught artist’s influential contributions to Abstract Expressionism are highlighted in the first major museum exhibition of her work, Janet Sobel: All-Over at the Menil Collection (until August 11, 2024). A selection of works by LeWitt will present his inventive, vibrant gouaches exploring variations in color and form alongside several exceptional pieces from the R Series that employ folding, ripping, and cutting as methods of drawing.