Your commentary here is, as always, richly informative. The power of this art is extraordinary—and eerily relevant to the present moment. Your choice of paintings to show the work of each artist depicted is superb—no surprise, coming from you. I was delighted to see the Laserstein. Only recently did I become aware of her work, and this painting is a particular favorite. We must all be grateful to those who made it their business to lift up these brilliant female artistic voices. I am hopeful I WILL get to the Neue Galerie exhibit. Knock wood!
Thanks for your comments. I've become a big fan of Laserstein's work. I dithered among 4 or 5 her paintings before I selected that one. There were far more women artists working in this period than I realized. I'm excited to explore more than the few I had time for in preparing this essay. Thank you again for your support. I always look forward to learning what spoke to you among my choices.
I am pleased to report that we saw the New Objectivity exhibit at the Neue Gallerie today. WOW! A note to anyone who can get to it: take a notepad. They don't allow photographs (which given the space, makes sense), so for those whose usual mode is to take a quick photograph as a note, you can't do that here. This exhibit pulled together many pieces that would not be seen in NYC outside this exhibit, and they're not easy to find online. A couple that appealed to me, particularly, were Curt Querner's The Sower and another, artist's name I don't recall, Drunkard at a Bar. Just an astonishing, thrilling exhibit. Ironically, and not for the first time, it was your post that alerted me to it--even though I am right here in NYC! Thank you!
Your commentary here is, as always, richly informative. The power of this art is extraordinary—and eerily relevant to the present moment. Your choice of paintings to show the work of each artist depicted is superb—no surprise, coming from you. I was delighted to see the Laserstein. Only recently did I become aware of her work, and this painting is a particular favorite. We must all be grateful to those who made it their business to lift up these brilliant female artistic voices. I am hopeful I WILL get to the Neue Galerie exhibit. Knock wood!
Thanks for your comments. I've become a big fan of Laserstein's work. I dithered among 4 or 5 her paintings before I selected that one. There were far more women artists working in this period than I realized. I'm excited to explore more than the few I had time for in preparing this essay. Thank you again for your support. I always look forward to learning what spoke to you among my choices.
I am pleased to report that we saw the New Objectivity exhibit at the Neue Gallerie today. WOW! A note to anyone who can get to it: take a notepad. They don't allow photographs (which given the space, makes sense), so for those whose usual mode is to take a quick photograph as a note, you can't do that here. This exhibit pulled together many pieces that would not be seen in NYC outside this exhibit, and they're not easy to find online. A couple that appealed to me, particularly, were Curt Querner's The Sower and another, artist's name I don't recall, Drunkard at a Bar. Just an astonishing, thrilling exhibit. Ironically, and not for the first time, it was your post that alerted me to it--even though I am right here in NYC! Thank you!
I'm so glad you made it there and enjoyed it. Thanks for your report!