Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Feb 24–Aug 26, 2024
Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection
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Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio
Morgan Library, New York, June 23 through October 8, 2023.
I have never really considered that preparatory drawings might be an important part of Bridget Riley’s workflow, but this exhibit at the Morgan proves it. The works are all donated for the show by the artist herself, from her personal collection.
Riley is one of the most accomplished abstract artists of the period, and live in a middle range between Op Art and Minimalism. Seeing the discipline of these small sketches as generators of the larger finished ideas is a revelation.
The exhibition introduction notes that this is the first show of Riley’s drawings in fifty years.
Drawing is having an eye at the end of a pencil
-Riley
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, Nov 9 2023 to January 13 2024.
Ed Ruscha: “Now Then”
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct 1 2023 to January 13 2024
A mammoth multimedia retrospective of fellow Oklahoman Ed Ruscha’s artistic output, this exhibition spans six decades across his career. The show emphasizes the unique combination of abstraction and pop imagery in his art. Ruscha is known for his bold text across images, and features these images around aspects of the American West.
Ruscha’s career has also proved influential, as his unique combination of text and images continues to resonate with other artists.
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