In my view, non-objective and abstract art have a special role in describing non-Newtonian reality—a reality in which our five senses are of little use.
A vibrant pigment painting by Al Held features in the current exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University reexamining abstract painting and sculpture of the 1940s and '50s. Other artists in the show working with the period’s loose brushwork and gestural strokes include Romare Bearden, Dorothy Dehner, Hans Hofmann, and Manuel Neri. Held’s thickly layered gestural painting, Untitled, c. 1957, has been in the Nasher collection since 2016 and here appears in conversation with a recently acquired abstract painting by Roy Lichtenstein, together pointing the way to the new hard edge imagery of the 1960s.
We are pleased to present Holding Close, an exhibition of new mixed media work by Mikayla Patton, in collaboration with River Valley Arts Collective. Patton’s work combines Lakota methodologies to create objects from handmade paper and found natural materials such as porcupine quills.
We are delighted to present the fifth iteration of On the Grounds in partnership with River Valley Arts Collective. This annual exhibition features sculpture installed in the landscape surrounding Held’s studio complex. The presentation this year is conceived of as three distinct projects.
Lauren Anderson, Setup, curated by Marisa Espe →