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This Pink Satin women’s shoe circa 1858 is typical of the dainty, flat-soled slippers that well-to-do Victorian women wore as evening wear and to formal events throughout most of the 19th century. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Satin Victorian Women’s Shoe
Although women have come a very long way in the corporate world, there is still a great disparity between the number of men in high-ranking positions and the number of women in those very same key roles. While it isn’t always ‘gender-based discrimination’ that keeps women from advancing in their careers, that could be a contributing factor.
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David Salle’s paintings juxtapose images from a variety of sources to startling and often provocative effect. In Sextant in Dogtown (1987) Salle arranges disparate elements within a grid and in a manner evoking film montage, while combing a pastiche of painterly styles and subjects. Here, the act of seeing — or not seeing– becomes a subject in itself. A half-dressed woman, lifted from the artist’s own photography, is shown from different vantage points, her face always obscured. Above her, a cartographer uses an old-fashioned measuring device known as a “sextant.” Confronted with these disjunctive images and with no evident narrative, we are ultimately left to forge connections on our own.
Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Sextant in Dogtown by David Salle
Eveningwear By Glenn Barr (All Photos By Gail)
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is currently hosting Invisible World, a series of new works by Detroit-based artist Glenn Barr. Although his work has appeared previously in group shows, this is Barr’s debut solo exhibition at the gallery. It was worth waiting for.
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Where Women Rule By Ken Price All Photos By Gail)
Matthew Marks Gallery is currently hosting a retrospective of thirty-four Drawings from the estate of Ken Price, most on view for the first time. If you are not familiar with the work of the late ceramic artist and printmaker, this exhibit is an excellent introduction.
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