Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper at El Museo del Barrio
Marisol said, “I’ve always wanted to be free in my life and art. It’s as important to me as truth.”
Marisol said, “I’ve always wanted to be free in my life and art. It’s as important to me as truth.”
By the age of twenty, Schiele had found his voice and personal style.
The Brooklyn Museum prides itself on being in touch with the borough’s wide-ranging neighborhoods.
The need for an ongoing “dual identity,” as a means of survival for the adult black male, is a theme that repeatedly manifests itself in Adams’s work.
“The work is a commentary on the age I have lived in. I am a documentarian, recording the critical moments of my life and those of society.”
Part of the history of the Tibor de Nagy gallery is embedded in the camaraderie that grew within a community of artists, poets, and writers.
The attack against “Degenerate Art” struck free thought and artistic expression at its core.
Her diaristic approach to personal history such as a failed marriage or the death of a loved one are what Olivieri called, “emotional hurricanes that are fodder for my work.”
Recently, the New York Times featured an article about the convergence of big dollars and art fairs. It questioned the reality of a collector—of modest means—finding first-rate works.
“Once you are involved in making art, everything seems secondary.”