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It is not easy to be confronted with the painting of a master. It is unsettling. It unnerves one. It may even bring tears to the eyes. How can one look at Picassoís Les Demoiselles DíAvignon and not reexamine oneís notion of art? Forget traditional concepts of art. Ignore ideas of beauty and harmony. Picassoís […]

For Richard Serra, sculpture is not merely an object. And it’s most certainly not an object only to be seen. It is a means of searching, of allowing the viewer to walk into its enclosures, to feel its oppressions and releases even as its steel walls enclose and release. The viewer, therefore, must invade his […]

What does one seek from a work of art? Is it the sensuality of paint, the allure of color, the attentiveness to shape and form, the artist’s handling of line, circuitous or straight, wavy or merely linear, the mysterious application of paint, rich in color, vaporous in shadow? Of course, it is all of this […]

There are no limitations to contemporary art. Minimalism, portraiture, landscape, print, lithograph, oils, drawings, sculpture, video or whatever, the artist seemingly has no prescribed limitation. Of course a reviewer would like to be drawn to the work, even excited by it. Looking Every Which Way – Harriet Zinnes Ghada Amer, The Definition of Love according […]

With so little time, so much energy, and so much work to do, Ana Mendieta–an artist who was born in l948 in Havana, Cuba, on November 18, 1948 and who died in l985–devoted herself entirely to art. Tie me to the Universe By Harriet Zinnes Ana Mendieta, “Glass on Body”, Iowa, 1972 With so little […]

The curator Margit Rowell has done it again —organized a splendid exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Ed Ruscha Speaks to the Eye By Harriet Zinnes Tony Oursler, “Swathe Fiberglass Sculpture”, Projector, DVD Player 29 x 32 x 15 inches The curator Margit Rowell has done it again —organized a splendid exhibition at […]

Peter Greaves is a young American artist, born in 1977 in Binghamton, New York. Peter Greaves By Harriet Zinnes Peter Greaves. “Tess #2”, 2004. Oil on tempered hardboard 10 3/4 x 8 inches. Peter Greaves is a young American artist, born in 1977 in Binghamton, New York. His show at the Forum Gallery (745 Fifth […]

The first full-scale exhibition celebrating what the catalogue rightfully calls "the art, pioneering teaching methods and spirit" of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944) has recently opened at the Jewish Museum. Friedl Dicker-Brandeis By Harriet Zinnes The first full-scale exhibition celebrating what the catalogue rightfully calls "the art, pioneering teaching methods and spirit" of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944) has […]

It is certainly understandable why Carmen Gimenez, the curator of the Constantin Brancusi show at the Guggenheim Museum (1071 Fifth Avenue. Constantin Brancusi By Harriet Zinnes   Sleeping Muse I 1909–10. Marble, 6 3/4 x 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (17.2 x 27.6 x 21.2 cm). Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, […]

Nothing is left unresolved in the retrospective exhibition of Pat Adams? paintings now showing in New York City at the Zabriskie Gallery (41 East 57 Street) through March 5, 2005. Pat Adams: Retrospective Harriet Zinnes Courtesy of Zabriskie Gallery Nothing is left unresolved in the retrospective exhibition of Pat Adams’ paintings now showing in New […]