With recent statistics showing that only 31% of the solo exhibitions at NYC galleries are devoted to women, it comes as a pleasant surprise that over a two-month period this spring there are several exhibitions simultaneously showcasing the work of second-generation feminist artists.
DC Moore Gallery
Rainy Day Woman: Jane Wilson Re-Visions Reality
Some sixty years ago, when she was a young artist involved in the downtown New York City scene, Jane Wilson stopped trying to be an Abstract Expressionist.
The Opulence of Restraint: Robert De Niro, Sr.
It is hard to imagine a more striking presentation of the life and work of Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922–1993) than the current exhibition of his work at DC Moore Gallery and the documentary, Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro, Sr., which premiered on HBO June 9.
As Above, So Below: The Aerial Revelations of Yvonne Jacquette
Reflecting on urban spaces, Italo Calvino writes, “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears […] the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” Yvonne Jacquette: The High Life, currently at DC Moore Gallery, epitomizes this enigma.
The Face of Infinity Is Not a Picture: New Paintings by Barbara Takenaga
In an illuminating interview with Barbara Takenaga, Robert Kushner makes an observation that goes to the heart of a question that I want to raise about the artist’s recent work …