Thursday, September 30, 2010

ART ATTACK

Summer's over and the tourist crush has subsided...it's time to wash the sand out of our eyes and catch up on some culture.

At the MoMA:
Abstract Expressionist New York
October 3, 2010–April 25, 2011
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1098

Jackson Pollock. Number 1A, 1948.1948. Oil and enamel paint on canvas, 68" x 8' 8" (172.7 x 264.2 cm). Purchase. © 2010 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

At the Whitney:
Lee Friedlander: America By Car
September 4, 2010-November 28, 2010
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/LeeFriedlander

Lee Friedlander, Montana, 2008, from the series America by Car, 1995-2009. Gelatin silver print, 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco © Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco


At The Warhol, Pittsburgh:
Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend
Starts October 23, 2010-January 2, 2011
http://www.warhol.org/webcalendar/event.aspx?id=2007





Bert Stern, Here's to you from The Last Sitting, 1962, ©Bert Stern - included in the exhibition Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend opening October 23