Food and art are both sensual pleasures, easily appreciated by all and capable of endless refinement. I remember first seeing the work of Wayne Thiebaud in a retrospective as a high school student in California. The vibrant colors and symmetrical rows of pies spoke of joyous pleasures and platonic order. Apollo and Dionysus meeting at […]
Metropolitan Museum of Art – Francis Bacon
Saw the Francis Bacon exhibit at the Met on Friday. Powerful stuff, disturbing images of people portrayed as twisted lumps of meat. A little goes a long way though, and conversions to vegetarianism are to be expected after prolonged viewing.
Richard Tuttle, Walking on Air
Heir to Rauschenberg and Schwitters, Richard Tuttle recycles scrap material into art. Strips of cloth are tie-dyed with muted colors and sewn together creating minimalist banners. It’s painting with Rit dye, sculpture made from hanging old sheets with grommets. March 20 – April 25, 2009 PaceWildenstein
Kamrooz Aram @ Perry Rubenstein Gallery
Bold colors, symbolist elements, decorative patterns, and a variety of paint applications create a beautiful hybrid of eastern mysticism and western painting. Led Zep’s Kashmir in paint. http://www.perryrubenstein.com/artists/kamrooz-aram/
Fashion Photography @ ICP
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years, 1923–1937 Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now This Is Not a Fashion Photograph: Selections from the ICP Collection Three separate exhibits that survey the development of fashion photography. Steichen’s modernist elegance contrasts the experimental and confrontational approaches by today’s artists. Balancing the two extremes is a selection […]
Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors @ Met
Color defines Bonnard’s world. His use of drawing is minimal, mainly emphasizing the outlines of simple shapes – an armchair, a figure, or architecture. Subjects are defined as shapes of dappled hues, frozen in the shifting play of light. The paintings are dynamic, animated by brushstrokes and the depiction of patterns in fabric, wallpaper, and […]