Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera December 17, 2018–ongoing The Met Fifth Avenue In the wake of unprecedented destruction and loss of life during World War II, many painters and sculptors working in the 1940s grew to believe that traditional easel painting and figurative sculpture no longer adequately conveyed the human condition. In this context, numerous…
Tag: Mark Rothko
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE ART WORLD, though responsible for propagating spectacular, history-shaping movements, has been at best an uneven playing field for men versus women in the fight for respect and artistic reification. At worst it’s served as an unassailable fortress wherein institutionalized sexism is not just a latent function of the system…
Works on Paper 1941-1947 Mark Rothko Pace Gallery, NYC May 2nd - June 21st, 2014 Pace Gallery will be presenting Mark Rothko: Works on Paper 1941 – 1947, an exhibition of more than 30 works on paper by the seminal artist. The exhibition will be on view at 32 East 57th Street from May 2 to June…