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| Louise Fishman's painting "CROSSING THE RUBICON" at Cheim & Read Gallery, NYC |
ART
Louise Fishman
CHEIM & READ, NYCLouise Fishman is an Abstract Expressionist painter, who first began her study of painting in the late 1950's and has been exhibiting in galleries and museums since the 1960's. She currently has a show of works from 2010 - 2012 up until Oct. 27, 2012 at Cheim & Read.
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| "A SIMPLE PULSATION" 2011 Oil on linen 60 x 80 inches |
Most of these works were inspired by a trip she took to Venice, Italy. Reminiscing, she paints, the blues, greens, ivory and browns she saw there, representing Venice's sky, water, architecture, pedestrian streets, canals, boats and people. In these current works Louise Fishman uses broad swathes of color, often organized in loose geometric patterns. Most pieces have thick residual paint at the edges of the strokes and in some you will even find large "globs" of paint used as elements within the paintings. She uses brushes and found objects to apply or scrape the paint.
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| "LOLLAND" 2011 Oil on linen 32 x 24 inches |
Fishman was born in Pennsylvania in 1939 into a family of painters and she studied at many of the prestigious art schools of Philadelphia before getting her masters degree from the University of Illinois. Recently she was in the news because of her marriage, last summer, to Ingrid Nyeboe, a graphic designer. The artist lives and works in New York City.
Today you will find many other artist working in an Abstract Expressionist style, but Fishman is different, she was on the outside edge of and is connected at the hip to the original New York Abstract Expressionist movement. If I could buy one of her works, I certainly would!
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| "AFLOAT IN THE MYSTIC BLUE" 2012 Oil on jute 51 x 30 inches |
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| "ASSUNTA" 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 60 inches |
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| "CROSSING THE RUBICON" 2012 Oil on linen 66 x 57 inches |
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| "DECEMBER" 2011 Oil on jute 51 x 88 inches |
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| "VIOLETS FOR MY FURS" 2010 Oil on jute 50 x 42 inches |
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| "ZERO AT THE BONE 2010 Oil on linen 70 x 60 inches |
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| SERENISSIMA 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 88 inches |
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| THE SALT-WAVY TUMULT 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 88 inches |
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| "POSTSCRIPT" 2010 Oil on linen 50 x 42 inches |
The Louise Fishman exhibition runs through October 27, 2012 at Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street, NYC, 10001 (212) 242-07727 email<gallery@cheimread.com>. Galalery Hours; Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
(Source: Cheim and Read Press Release, Wikipedea and other online sources. All photos were taken at the gallery with permission. Note: In order not to crop any of the painted surfaces, the borders around the paintings show the gallery wall)
FOOD
French Bread Crustini
This appetizer, or "morning, noon & night" snack, is as easy as it is wonderful.
Buy some 6" French bread loafs and slice them into 3/4" rounds.
Place some foil on a cookie sheet, spray with oil.
Put the rounds onto the foil and spray the tops with oil.
Sprinkle some garlic powder and Cajun or other peppery seasoning on the bread.
Toast under the broiler for a very few minutes, check after one minute. You want the tops to be brown, not burned.
Remove and sprinkle with some parsley flakes.
Serve with a creole sauce as a dip or any sauce or dip you want. They are also great by themselves and as bread with food.
Until later,
Jack
ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness, the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved. Concept, Original Art, Text & Photographs are © Copyright 2012 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All gallery, museum, fair or festival photographs were taken with permission. Images © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.
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