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Crafting
Identity
P
ortraiture and the art of the human form are explored
in Crafting Identity: American Highlights from Tia
Collection at The Rockwell Museum in Corning,
New York, through January 5, 2020. On loan from the Tia
Collection, a private collection in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and
curated by The Rockwell Museum, the show features artwork
by influential American artists like Andy Warhol, Robert
Henri, Cara Romero, Roy Lichtenstein, Irving Penn and more. Erin Currier, American Women (Dismantling the Border) III (after Delacroix),
mixed media and acrylic on panel. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Photo by
James Hart. Artist represented by Blue Rain Gallery.Summon the Sea
H
erman Melville’s iconic novel Moby-Dick has remained
an integral part of the Anthropocene, a literary tale
of epic proportions that has fueled countless artistic
endeavors in the last century and a half. An exhibition at Telfair
Museums in Savannah, Georgia, explores the artwork of six
contemporary artists—Corey Arnold, Guy Ben-Ner, Patty Chang,
Tristin Lowe, Allan Sekula and Frank Stella—who act as storytellers
through their artwork, responding to, challenging and celebrating
the allegories presented in Moby-Dick. The show, Summon the
Sea! Contemporary Artists and Moby Dick, features large-scale
sculptures, photography, prints and video and will be on view
through February 16, 2020.Frank Stella, Moby Dick
Deckle Edges Series: A
Bower in the Arsacides
(Axsom 219), 1993,
ed. 8 of 38, lithograph,
etching, aquatint,
relief and collagraph,
58¼ x 495/8". Collection
Jordan D. Schnitzer and
the Schnitzer Family
Foundation. © Frank
Stella.Monumental
sculpture
A
rtist Jim Rennert’s 12-foot-tall sculpture,
Listen, portraying the “everyman” has
taken up residence at 1350 Avenue of the
Americas in New York City, the former home of the
iconic LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana. Known
for adding a touch of humor to his works, the
sculpture stands with an index finger to its lips as if
deep in thought. Rennert is represented by Cavalier
Gallery, which facilitated the recent installation. Jim Rennert’s
massive bronze
sculpture Listen
at 6th Avenue in
Manhattan.