Below are some images from the
A Fine Arrangement exhibition currently on view at PAFA. Curated by Jan Baltzell and Michael Gallagher, it is a large show with a great variety of paintings in scale, time period, style and imagery, highlighting the versatility of the genre. I keep going back to the show and finding new things. It's been a really engaging show for me and I love that it is up for a few months (opened in October, ends April 12th)
There is a free, public opening on Tuesday, January 27th from 4:30 - 6:30 and a panel discussion Wednesday March 4th from 5:30 - 7:30.
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Jimmy Bellew, Palette, 2012 |
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left: Laura Adams, Jade Bracelet, 2013(?), right: George Cope, Spectacles, 1900 |
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Jane Piper, Still Life with Two Compotes, 1968 |
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Raymond Saunders, La Chambre, 1961 |
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left: my painting Black Curtain, 2014, right: Richard Diebenkorn Interior with Doorway, 1961 (one of my favorite paintings ever, looked at it all the time while in school) |
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Humbert Howard, The Yellow Cup, 1949-50 |
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Unidentified Artist, Still Life with Pumpkin, 19th Century |
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Jane Wilson, Some of Willa's Things, 1971 (a favorite of my from PAFA's collection, almost always in the vault) |
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Claire Kincade, At the Foot of the Table, 2013 |
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Michael Rossman, Leaves, 1969 |
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left: Horace Pippin, The Warped Table, 1940, right: my painting Pink Flower with Clock, 2014 |
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Michael Ciervo, Untitled(Power, Corruption, Lies/Fantin-Latour), 2008 (excuse the glare) |
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from left: Ken Kewley, Jimmy Leuders, Bill Scott |
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Abraham Rattner, The Round Table, 1945 |
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left: Catherine Mulligan, Still Life, 2008, right: my painting Late Night Light, 2014 |
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Joshua Marsh, Not, 2013 |
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Elizabeth Godshalk Burger, Still Life, 1940 |
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Jan Baltzell, Begonia, 1971-72 |
These installation shots show how big the gallery is with a lot of work to digest. I probably only posted a quarter of the work, if that. It continues into the stairwell gallery and back gallery as well.
As a still life painter I always feel like there are not enough shows of good, radical still life paintings to sink my teeth into. This is a really satisfying experience and worth a visit and a return visit for sure.
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing that wonderful exhibition. Must be a great privilege to see works of such calibre. I love that you keep going back. It takes a while to know a painting.
What a Great Exhibition! My Father-in-law, Humbert Howard, would have been very pleased and proud to be a part.
Thanks Sandy! That's very cool Karla, he was a great painter.
Thanks Sandy! That's very cool Karla, he was a great painter.
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