The Knoxville Museum of Art opens a new exhibition celebrating Knoxville native Joseph Delaney
(Artdaily.org)

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Joseph Delaney: On the Move August 17-November 4, 2018. More than 40 paintings and drawings from public and private collections around the country celebrate the life and achievement of this well-known Knoxville native. Joseph Delaney (1904-1991) rose from humble beginnings in Knoxville to establish himself as a tireless and prolific painter of Manhattan’s urban scene. Over the span of his 60-year career, Delaney displayed a remarkable ability to express the city’s vitality using the loose brushwork of gestural abstraction, which at the time represented the cutting edge of studio practice, without sacrificing the narrative content many of his contemporaries had abandoned. The works featured in On the Move represent the variety of ways in which he used this hybrid method to infuse his painted scenes with vibrant energy, and intricate patterns of movement.