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Betty Cuningham Gallery: Joan Snyder "A Year in the Painting Life" - 9 Sept 2010 to 30 Oct 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Joan Snyder, Summer Fugue, 2010
oil, acrylic, paper mache, rope, wooden frame, burlap, silk on linen and wood panels 72 x 130.5 inches |
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Joan Snyder, "A Year in the Painting Life" September 9 - October 30, 2010 Opening reception: Thursday, September 16, 6 - 8pm New York, NY � August 3, 2010 � Betty Cuningham Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Joan Snyder. The exhibition, A Year in the Painting Life, is comprised of approximately 15 paintings. This will be the artist�s third show in the space; she will be present for an opening reception on September 16. An illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition. Snyder, a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, has been showing in New York since the early 1970�s. She has said that when she started to paint, it was as if she �spoke for the first time � and really spoke, and was able to say what [she] wanted to say.� As such Snyder�s paintings are full sentences: often sectioned off like pages in a book, denoting the life cycle of a tree, the moon or fields of flowers and sometimes speaking to personal or political concerns, whether they are feminist issues, anti-war sentiment, or a memorial for a personal loss. This exhibition focuses on paintings reminiscent of Snyder�s early stroke paintings of the 1970�s and field paintings of the 1980�s. In her newest paintings Snyder continues to use a variety of media. In Oh April, a triptych and the largest painting in the show, Snyder uses (in addition to oil and acrylic on linen) burlap, fabric, pastel, dirt, herbs and seeds. In Ode to B, a memorial to a close friend, red strokes, some appearing to be hearts, drip to the base of the painting, and small ghost-like sail boats traverse the impastoed white surface. In 2011, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University will open Dancing with the Dark: Prints by Joan Snyder 1963 � 2010, a comprehensive retrospective of Snyder�s prints on view January 29 � May 29, 2011. It will be accompanied by a fully illustrated monograph. In 2005-6, The Jewish Museum in New York, NY organized the exhibition Joan Snyder: A Painting Survey, 1969-2005, which traveled to the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA. Snyder�s work can be seen in numerous public collections, including: the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The Jewish Museum, New York, NY; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. Joan Snyder was born in Highland Park, NJ in 1940. She received an AB from Douglass College in 1962 and a MFA from Rutgers University in 1966. She lives and works in Brooklyn and Woodstock, NY. Throughout her career, Snyder has received a host of prestigious awards and honors. Most recently, in 2007, as mentioned above, she was honored as a recipient of The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. For further information and/or images, please contact the gallery. Next exhibition: Philip Pearlstein, New paintings, November 4 � December 11, 2010 Hours: Tues � Sat, 10am � 6pm |
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