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Marilyn Pursued

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Marilyn Pursued by Death, 1963
Rosalyn Dexler
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas

From the accompanying caption: [… On the day this source photograph was taken in 1956, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were to announce their upcoming marriage; in the frenzy to cover the event, a car carrying reporters crashed, killing at least one member of the press. Drexler’s painting is an eerie evocation on the sometimes tragic results of our society’s insatiable desire for celebrity news.]

The Whitney Museum of American Art

September 10th, 2016

This Gentleman

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wp20160910_194957Edward Hopper
Self Portrait, 1925-30
Oil on canvas

Edward Hopper’s wife Josephine was the model for this painting. She was 78 at the time but Hopper chose to depict a much younger version of her.

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Edward Hopper
A Woman in the Sun, 1961
Oil on linen

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Study for Office at Night, 1940
Fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on paper

A precious albeit brief encounter. Always a pleasure dear Sir!

September 10th, 2016 at the Whitney

Fragile

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Joseph Cornell
Grand Hotel Bon Port, 1952
Painted wood, paper, photolighographs, glass, coloured pencil, metal hardwarewp20160910_200520

Hoboken, Hudson river, night, mobile camera, reflections
The Whitney, 2016
Behind the glass

September 10th, 2016

Berdie

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Double Portrait of Berdie, 1955
Oil, fabricated chalk and charcoal on linen

Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers depicts his mother-in-law who was his primary model at the time, while she was living with Rivers and her daughter in Southampton, New York. Admiration of the artist’s style, brushwork and palette equals my surprise to learn about his relationship with the model. I’m thinking how strange to use your mother-in-law of all people, as a sitter for your nudes.

September 10th, 2016 at the Whitney