All Art By Stickermaul, All Photos By Gail
Today the world marks International Women’s Day, a moment to recognize the creativity, resilience, and influence of women everywhere. It also feels like the perfect opportunity to highlight the work of Stickemaul, one of the artists whose pieces I regularly encounter during my semi-weekly walks through NYC’s Street Art Mecca, Freeman Alley.
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Photo By Gail
In this glowing portrait, the American impressionist painter Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 – 1933) renders, in loose and expressive brush strokes, a fashionable young woman sipping a cup of tea. Initially trained in an academic style, Perry traveled to France in 1887, first to Paris and then to Giverny, where she forged the close friendship with Claude Monet. Her technical and aesthetic approach was further informed by three years in Japan, where she met Okakura Kakuzo (1863 – 1913), a cofounder of the imperial art school, who exhibited her work in Tokyo.
Photographed in the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Photo By Gail
Zoe Buckman (b. 1985) weaves together stories of friendship, trauma, and resilience in multidisciplinary works that explore the undercurrents of women’s lives. The artist uses a range of materials, many related to sewing and textile traditions, historically executed by women in their homes. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Zoe Buckman, In Full Command of Every Plan You Wrecked
Photo By Gail
If you think television has always been a little too obsessed with beauty ideals, you’re not wrong — and artist Luis Jiménez saw it coming from a mile away. His sculpture Blond TV Image (1967) captures that uneasy relationship between media, technology, and the female form with biting humor and Pop-era flair. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Blond TV Image By Luis Jiménez
Photo By Gail
Hell-o dear readers, and Happy Halloween to you! Since I could not find a Halloween-themed Pink Thing for today’s post, I deliberately went out walking this past Sunday in search of something scary for a special Halloween greeting! And look what I found! This compelling mural of a chainsaw-wielding maniac in hot pursuit of an obviously quite frightened woman was spotted on Rivington Street just west of Clinton Street — in the exact same place that I saw the mural I posted in this very spot last year! Coincidences!