Last week was all about a cry for help. This time we want you to suggest songs about reaching maturity Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Particularly when my mum is on the phone telling me off for not remembering my aunt's birthday. Fortunately, that only happens once a year, the rest of the time my mother and I are very close. Too close, some might say. B that as it may ... Buff Saint Marie...
The painting shown above, a 1968 watercolor by American artist Jim Dine, has an interesting story. The work was originally commissioned by Capitol Records for a Beatles album which was never made because the Beatles left Capitol and formed the Apple Records label. The graphite and watercolor on vellum lot of five works depict individual toothbrushes labeled for each member of the band The pieces,...
Throughout 2009, as I've written a series of posts that have examined the ways in which artists have addressed torture and related horrors, I've found myself thinking about Nancy Spero more and more. As I worked on those posts, I thought a lot about the humanity (or intentional lack thereof ) of some of the work about which I was writing. I found myself mentally wandering toward Spero's work, which...
Like Hans Bellmer and George Grosz drawings come to life! Not sure if these are technically marionettes, automata, or both. Damn cool though Los Grumildos are automated puppets, miniature beings that skulk about a world somewhere between Victorian dollhouse and red light district. The brainchildren of Peruvian artist Ety Fefer.... this voyeuristic experience was inspired by the characters that inhabit...
Edward Thorp Gallery 210 Eleventh Avenue, 6th Floor, 212-691-6565 Chelsea November 6, 2009 - January 6, 2010 Web Site The Edward Thorp Gallery will present About Face – a large group exhibit examining the theme of portraiture. Featuring a selection of works in various media including painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, the exhibit will examine some of the differing motives and perspectives...
HUNTINGTON, NY.- This fall, The Heckscher Museum of Art is presenting an exhibition that celebrates the rich, yet untold role of Huntington and the North Shore of Long Island in American art. “This project really began shortly after my arrival at The Heckscher in August 2005,” The Heckscher's Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Kenneth Wayne said. “During my first months at...
George Grosz, Nude in Dunes (1948), courtesy of David Nolan Gallery, New York THE NEW CRITERION October 2009 Gallery chronicle by James Panero On “George Grosz: The Years in America: 1933–1958” at David Nolan Gallery; “Mel Kendrick: Markers” in Madison...
George Grosz - The Years in America: 1933-1958 at David Nolan Gallery. "...For 27 years, more than half of his artistically productive life, George Grosz lived and worked in the United States. The fact that it is only now, 50 years after his death, that a comprehensive exhibition is being dedicated to this important period speaks volumes of the helplessness that has hitherto characterized the...
Each year I do a roundup post of substantial posts you may have missed while vacationing this past summer. This is the 2009 version. As always, you can read months in their totality by using the pull-down menu at right. June The National Gallery of Art so-called America. 'Cezanne and Beyond' in Philadelphia: Part one , two , three. July Examining the latest industrial threat to Robert Smithson's Spiral...
George Grosz, Civil War, ca. 1936-37, reed pen over charcoal on paper, 19 x 24 7/8 inches, 48.4 x 63.2 cmNEW YORK, NY.- will present the first major George Grosz exhibition in the United States dedicated exclusively to his years in Exile. Over 50 works on view – paintings, watercolors, drawings and collage allow for a reassessment of this pivotal figure of 20th Century art. For 27 years, more...
NEW YORK, NY.- David Nolan Gallery will present the first major George Grosz exhibition in the United States dedicated exclusively to his years in Exile. Over 50 works on view – paintings, watercolors, drawings and collage allow for a reassessment of this pivotal figure of 20th Century art. For 27 years, more than half of his artistically productive life, George Grosz lived and worked in the...
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