Highbrow Magazine - abstract art https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/abstract-art en John Hultberg’s Cinematic ‘Mindscapes’ Are Focus of New Exhibit https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/24139-john-hultberg-s-cinematic-mindscapes-are-focus-new-exhibit <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 09:00</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1hultberg.jpg?itok=oasjwjz7"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1hultberg.jpg?itok=oasjwjz7" width="480" height="395" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://anitashapolskygallery.com/newsite/current-exhibition/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">The Anita Shapolsky Gallery</a> &amp; AS Art Foundation are pleased to present <strong>John Hultberg -</strong> <strong>Painter of the In-Between</strong><em> </em><em>– </em>a show that continues a nearly four-decade relationship with the art of Hultberg. Also on display are works by Martha Jackson, Lynn Drexler, Michael Loew, William Manning, and Zero Mostel, all artists who crossed paths on Monhegan Island.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </span></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2hultberg.jpg" style="height:486px; width:670px" typeof="foaf:Image" /><br />  </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The art dealer <strong>Martha Jackson</strong>, herself a painter, would champion the causes of many artists she admired, including <strong>Hultberg</strong>. In 1961, they traveled together to Monhegan Island. Hultberg was immediately taken by the place, which was reminiscent of where he grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She assisted him in acquiring a home where he would spend much of the next 40 years, greatly influencing his oeuvre. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3hultberg.jpg" style="height:525px; width:670px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Hultberg’s works are featured in 140 international institutions, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Tamayo, Mexico; Smithsonian Institution; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum; Whitney Museum of American Art; and many others.<br />  <br /> Hultberg’s work is abstracted, yet his representational vistas and interiors suggest an almost cinematic or ‘graphic novel’ look. These ‘mindscapes’ hint at surrealist symbolist and metaphysical painting. As Hultberg explains, “I am a painter of the in-between.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4hultberg.jpg" style="height:496px; width:670px" typeof="foaf:Image" /><br />  </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Lynne Drexler would marry Hultberg and together they would spend summers on the island. Drexler was inspired by the island's beauty, its community of artists, as well as her appreciation for colorists, notably Cézanne and Matisse. Her work has recently seen a surge in popularity.<br />  <br /> As a loose confederacy, Jackson, Drexler, Loew, Manning, and Mostel shared a sense of Hultberg’s ‘in-betweenness’. They were attracted to romantic notions of the rational world; however, they would filter their experience through an expressive existential prism. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5hultberg.jpg" style="height:506px; width:670px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>For more information about John Hultberg and the artworks featured here, visit the </em></strong><a href="https://anitashapolskygallery.com/newsite/current-exhibition/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Anita Shapolsky Gallery</em></strong></a><strong><em>. </em></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/john-hultberg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">john hultberg</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/anita-shapolsky-gallery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">anita shapolsky gallery</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/american-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">american artists</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contemporary art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract art</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-expressionism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract expressionism</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of the Anita Shapolsky Gallery</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:00:18 +0000 tara 12683 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/24139-john-hultberg-s-cinematic-mindscapes-are-focus-new-exhibit#comments ‘Labyrinth of Forms’: The Whitney Pays Homage to Women Abstractionists https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19304-labyrinth-forms-whitney-pays-homage-women-abstractionists <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 09:54</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1womenabstract.jpg?itok=2G00lUpa"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1womenabstract.jpg?itok=2G00lUpa" width="480" height="369" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Like any relationship, achieving harmony comes with its challenges. In the Whitney Museum’s exhibition, <strong>Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930-1950</strong>, 26 artists, many who remain overlooked, met the challenge head-on – pushing the evolution of abstract art in this country into the public consciousness.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Twenty-six artists and 35 works, primarily drawn from the Whitney’s permanent collection, highlight the achievements of these artists, exploring ways in which works on paper, in particular, were vital ways to experiment with a new visual language. Often relegated to the sidelines of the Abstract Expressionism movement as it grew into prominence, these women were determined to play in the big boys’ sandbox in whatever form it took.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>Labyrinth of Forms</em>, a title drawn from an Alice Trumbull Mason work for this exhibition, refers to the various and innovative ways these experiments took. And Mason’s work is a good place to start. Descended from renowned history painter John Trumbull through her father, she traveled throughout Europe as a young woman, absorbing influences from Arshile Gorky’s work and support from Gertrude Stein. In late 1936, she was instrumental in founding the Association of Abstract Artists with one-fourth of its membership women.    </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2womenabstract.jpg" style="height:447px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The actual title of her etching, <em>Labyrinth of Closed Forms </em>(1945), belies the free-floating spirit of shapes on display. They may be “closed” in their contour but they are free-wheeling in the composition.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Another show inclusion that reflects the same spirit is Lee Krasner’s <em>Still Life</em> (1938). The influence of Hans Hoffman, the renowned early teacher and modern artist, is undeniable. He stretched the importance of negative space. Colors swirl, speeding in all directions at once in this work. The same could be said about <em>Untitled</em> (1942), from Charmion von Wiegand, a less celebrated painter. It’s a riotously colorful playpen of shapes, a chaotic universe but a happy one nevertheless.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Some of the early abstractionists navigated a thin line between the recognizable and the non-objective. In Anne Ryan’s <em>Figures in a Yellow Room</em> (1946), one can’t help but be intrigued by the setup – abstraction morphing into an imagined reality or vice versa. Her title has provided the onlooker with a closed space and the suggested relationship between her geometric shapes. Is one figure with what appear to be feet turning away while another stands awkwardly frozen in space? The artist tempts the viewer to guess.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3womenabstract.jpg" style="height:600px; width:541px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>Puerto</em> (1947), another woodcut by this artist, makes the task of finding a doorknob in the squares, rectangles and circles irrelevant. The work is a beautifully realized composition of muted sea greens and crimsons and black strokes that may or may not delineate her subject.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">In Mina Citron’s <em>Death of a Mirror</em> (1946), one finds a mastery of black, gray. and white shapes fighting for dominance with patches of squiggling lines suggesting shattered glass.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Some titles invariably challenge us to find the defining subject. Conversely, others challenge us if not to find credence in the words, to reject them altogether. Certainly, the Surrealists, even if figurative in approach, flung nonsensical titles every which way, defying a rational response. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4womenabstract.jpg" style="height:444px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">A vital gathering place for printmaking was Atelier 17, the avant-garde studio that flourished in New York City between 1940 and 1955. It facilitated women artists’ exposure to modernist styles and a sisterhood of networking decades before the women’s art movement of the 1970s.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Two artists in the exhibit who benefited from their association with the Atelier were Norma Morgan, one of two Black women to show there, and Teresa D’Amico Fourporne. Morgan’s <em>Turning Forms</em> (1950) employed color engraving and aquatint.  Fourporne emigrated in 1941 from Brazil to study at<em> </em>the Art Students League. After joining<em> </em>Atelier 17, she created <em>Braco e Negro</em> (1945), a work made by using intaglio, a process in which lines and shapes are incised into metal plates  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Irene Rice Pereira was a Spanish emigrant whose works, such as <em>Abstract Composition</em> (1938), were based on pure form and not derived from the real world—in an effort to “create new forms to express the new age.” Inspired by theories of perception, psychology and physics, she interwove rectilinear shapes, suggesting a continuous movement within the picture plane. In 1953, Pereira became the first woman to have a retrospective at the Whitney Museum.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5womenabstract.jpg" style="height:407px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">West Coast artists were hardly unaware of these new and revolutionary inventions in printmaking. Ray Kaiser from Sacramento is presented by an offset lithograph<em>, Untitled</em> (1937), which combines distorted figures in a boldly erotic work. Dorr Bothwell, a San Francisco native, was an early feminist and a world traveler. Her screenprint, <em>Corsica </em>(1950), invites the viewer to make visceral associations with the country in question.  The red is a vibrant yet muted choice, bordered by muted greens and blues with a school of fish that streak across the upper part of the canvas. A cross hatching of black lines seem to say “stay away” in this watery world of total abstraction.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The most prominent artist in the bunch is Louise Nevelson, a legendary sculptress born in Ukraine, but an American icon of originality. Here she is represented by a graphite sketch, <em>Untitled (1935)</em>, that looks as if it was done offhandedly, an afterthought of automatic drawing. In one seemingly continuous loop, she suggests the form of a reclining woman.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Even in this small exhibit for the Whitney, there are standout works of excellence. Most importantly, it shows that these early- to midcentury artists were determined to form a beautiful friendship with abstraction and make their mark on history.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930-1950, runs through March 13, 2022.</em></span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>Author Bio:</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>Sandra Bertrand is </em>Highbrow Magazine’s<em> chief art critic.</em></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>For Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>Image Sources:</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>--The Whitney Museum:</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>(1) Lee Krasner, Still Life (1938)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>(2) Alice Trumbull Mason, Labyrinth of Closed Forms (1945)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>(3) Charmion von Wiegand, Untitled (1942)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>(4) Sue Fuller, Lancelot and Guinevere (1944)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>(5) Louise Nevelson, Untitled (1934)</em></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/whitney-musuem" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The Whitney Musuem</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/women-abstract-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Women abstract artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/alice-trumbull-mason" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">alice trumbull mason</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/lee-krasner" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">lee krasner</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/louise-nevelson" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">louise nevelson</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-art-exhibits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new art exhibits</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Sandra Bertrand</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of the Whitney Museum</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:54:55 +0000 tara 10926 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19304-labyrinth-forms-whitney-pays-homage-women-abstractionists#comments Anita Shapolsky Gallery Features More Masters of Abstraction https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/17020-anita-shapolsky-gallery-features-more-masters-abstraction <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 13:23</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1abstraction_seymour_boardman.jpg?itok=IaRT64yz"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1abstraction_seymour_boardman.jpg?itok=IaRT64yz" width="480" height="446" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Anita Shapolsky gallery is currently presenting “<a href="https://hamptonsfineartfair.com/gallery/anita-shapolsky-gallery/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Masters of Abstraction</a>,” that takes place in the virtual world of the Hamptons Art Fair. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">This group show is composed of artists who are known for their strong, lyrical, expressive brushstrokes; their use of color; and their ambitious geometric compositions.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Featured artists include: Seymour Boardman, Ernest Briggs, Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Ethel Schwabacher, Yvonne Thomas, and Jeanne Miles. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The exhibit is on view through November 30, 2021.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>For more information, visit: </em></strong><a href="https://www.asartfoundation.org/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/1abstraction_seymour_boardman.jpg" style="height:557px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2abstraction_yvonne_thomas.jpg" style="height:600px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3abstraction_ernest_briggs.jpg" style="height:600px; width:470px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4abstraction_amaranth.jpg" style="height:600px; width:485px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5abstraction_jeanne_miles.jpg" style="height:600px; width:405px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/6abstraction_ethel.jpg" style="height:600px; width:465px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Images: </strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>1. Untitled, 1963 – Seymour Boardman</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>2. Map Notes, 1965 – Yvonne Thomas</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>3. Untitled, November 1959 (Ernest Briggs)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>4. Jagged Edge,  1959 – Amaranth Ehrenhalt</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>5. The Sounds of Children’s Laughter, 1954 -- Jeanne Miles</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>6. Two, 1957 – Ethel Schwabacher           </em></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/seymour-boardman" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">seymour boardman</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/ernest-briggs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ernest briggs</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/jeanne-miles" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jeanne Miles</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/anita-shapolsky-gallery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">anita shapolsky gallery</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-expressionism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract expressionism</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-expressionists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract expressionists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract art</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-york-art-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new york art world</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of Anita Shapolsky Gallery</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:23:04 +0000 tara 10687 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/17020-anita-shapolsky-gallery-features-more-masters-abstraction#comments New Exhibit Celebrates the World of the Abstract Artists https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/4514-new-exhibit-celebrates-world-abstract-artists <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 09:47</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1abstract.jpg?itok=ui-O2N3N"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1abstract.jpg?itok=ui-O2N3N" width="480" height="392" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>The Anita Shapolsky Gallery currently presents “Abstract Approaches,” a comprehensive collection of many works from the The New York School of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as works as early as 1935 and as recent as 2009. Abstract art means many things. It is not as simple as a room full of gestural paintings, almost indistinguishable from one another. It varies beyond the use of linear shapes and pure geometry. Abstract artists are more complex than one style, or one viable term. This group represents the mecca of this influential art scene, whose tradition has been upheld and continues to be relevant over several decades.</p> <p> </p> <p>The works exhibited encompass a wide range of approaches that emblematize the Abstract movement. Varying degrees of linearity are shown, as seen in Jeanne Miles’ “The Sound of Children’s Laughter” (1954). Miles’ work explores the divine and spiritual truths. She encourages the viewer to contemplate universal mysteries. Painterly, loose works with a representational basis are also prominently displayed as seen in Irving Petlin’s “The High Plants” (1969) and Buffie Johnson’s “Cyclical Time” (1962). Irivng Petlin is especially known for his mastery of the pastel medium and often drawing inspiration from poetry. Buffie Johnson’s work is of an existential nature. Johnson’s cosmic-like paintings convey her belief in the cylindrical behavior of life with its eternal returns. </p> <p> </p> <p>The two paintings by Stanley Hayter “Pavane” (1935), a wooden collage, “Untitled”(1945), an oil painting, are the earliest works in the exhibition. Hayter was associated with the Surrealist movement, as well as Abstract Expressionism. He is renowned as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century. The studio he founded in Paris, Atelier 17, is legendary.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2abstract.jpg" style="height:488px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>The inclusion of Jeanne Reynal’s sculpture “Sphere” (1950s) nods to the diversity of mediums employed by this art movement. Reynal adopted the ancient technique of Mosaic in her pieces, and through doing so gave a sense of movement and life to flat surfaces. She used found rocks, stones, shells, marble and other semi-precious stones. She was assisted by her husband (also included in this exhibition) Thomas Sills, who would help her break up stones for her sculptures. Upon meeting Sills, an African American, Reynal left her wealthy husband and the two joined forces in both romance and art making. Thomas Sills’ paintings feature luminous organic forms and innovative compositions in lush fields of color.</p> <p> </p> <p>Carl Hecker, a sculptor, is the youngest artist included in the exhibition. Hecker’s piece “Roadflower with Puddles” (2009) uses synthetic materials and is very playful.</p> <p> </p> <p>Artists whose works are being shown in this exhibition are pioneers and masters of the Abstract movement. The six women in the exhibition hold their own amongst the men. Betty Parsons, for example, is considered the godmother of Abstract Expressionism and was not only one of the first advocates of many influential artists, but an artist in her own right. Parsons recorded her experiences with nature using radiant luminescence and eventually turned to sculpture using found wood. She made a brave choice in showing other female artists, which at times resulted in males protesting and walking out of her exhibitions.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/3abstract.jpg" style="height:625px; width:422px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>Amaranth Ehrenhalt, another female artist featured in this exhibition, is an incredibly prolific and multidisciplinary artist. Ehrenhalt’s work has been internationally exhibited since the 1950s. Still alive and exhibiting work globally, Ehrenhalt works in painting, sculpture, tapestry, drawings, prints, mosaics, poetry and prose. Ehrenhalt’s work is frenetic, and features a fearless use of color. The dynamic energy of her work transcends to provoke an emotional response from viewers of all backgrounds. The inclusion of her tapestry piece “Aubrietta” (2008) once again enhances the viewer’s sense of the many diverse approaches to abstract art. </p> <p> </p> <p>An overarching theme of explorations in nature, light, sensual forms, and cylindrical as well as square shapes is evident in the curation of this exhibition. The many approaches exhibited here shed light on the profound creativity of the abstract artists. What is most exceptional is the ability of these artists to express ideas while treating their subject matter with tenderness and sensitivity. In today’s art world of constantly changing trends, few movements have stood the test of time, and certainly none can compare.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/4abstract.jpg" style="height:533px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>“Abstract Approaches” will be on view at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery at 152 East 65th Street through Feb 14, 2015</em></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/anita-shapolsky-gallery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">anita shapolsky gallery</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract artists</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-york-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new york artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art-exhibits" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art exhibits</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Various Artists</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:47:59 +0000 tara 5528 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/4514-new-exhibit-celebrates-world-abstract-artists#comments Artist Jennifer Perlmutter Explores Emotional Challenges in 'Running Through the Forest' https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/1566-artist-jennifer-perlmutter-explores-emotional-challenges-running-through-forest <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 12:56</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1PerlmutterThe%20Sigh%20That%20Blew%20Me%20Forward.JPG?itok=hdPc6bm2"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1PerlmutterThe%20Sigh%20That%20Blew%20Me%20Forward.JPG?itok=hdPc6bm2" width="351" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>  </p> <p> Cero Space<strong>,</strong> a gallery in the Brewery Arts Complex of downtown Los Angeles, is presenting paintings by contemporary abstract artist Jennifer Perlmutter. The series, "Running Through the Forest, Trails of Uncertainty" by Jennifer Perlmutter, explores the artist's emotional and psychological challenges as filtered through the colors, energy and subtle impressions of the natural world. Varying in size from medium to large format, these works utilize mixed media collage or acrylic paint in deep, layered work that has come to signify Perlmutter's work. The show will run September 15 - October 14.</p> <p>  </p> <p> This is the second time in as many years Cero Space has hosted a show with art by Jennifer Perlmutter, an emerging California artist who began her career in LA. The title of the new series is an apt reflection of the work, which examines the act of surrendering to uncertainty and connects with visual inspiration from the state's varied forests.</p> <p>  </p> <p> “Running Through The Forest, Trails Of Uncertainty” is an evolution of the artist's signature style. Her paintings are mixed media with three-dimensional elements including canvas, wire, metal, paper and book covers in subtle, layered schemes. Perlmutter's colors are often muted and compelling, with slight changes in shade and value. Shape and line underscore the pervasive energy and mood of her work.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <em><strong>Photos: Copyright Nancy Payton</strong></em></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2perlmutter-mindinthewaters%20%281%29.JPG" style="width: 483px; height: 650px; " /></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/3perlmutter-landingperlmuuter%20%281%29.JPG" style="width: 650px; height: 645px; " /></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/4perlmutter-castleintheskyperlmutter%20%281%29.JPG" style="width: 650px; height: 650px; " /></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/1PerlmutterThe%20Sigh%20That%20Blew%20Me%20Forward.JPG" style="width: 475px; height: 650px; " /></p> <p>  </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/cero-space" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cero Space</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/los-angeles" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Los Angeles</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/jennifer-perlmutter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jennifer Perlmutter</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/abstract-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">abstract art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jennifer Perlmutter</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Nancy Payton</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:56:33 +0000 tara 1573 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/1566-artist-jennifer-perlmutter-explores-emotional-challenges-running-through-forest#comments