American People

faith ringgold, New Museum
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/design/faith-ringgold-new-museum.html

 

people first

i went to The MET last weekend to see a few exhibits, Alice Neel again before it closed, The Medici  portraits for the first time before it gets too crowded, and The New Woman Behind the Lens, before i hear from yet another stranger what a must see it is!  

at The MET...

 

i dissent

please visit the new statue in Central Park celebrating women's rights pioneers Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth.

the statue was created by New Jersey sculptor Meredth Bergmann and the first in the park itself to honor real life women. it is inspired by the sculptor's love of storytelling, history, art, literature and mythology, and stands as a public tribute to social justice, meant to inspire conversation and even continued action and change. 

there is so much detail to discover from every angle and i loved that just as my friend Betsy and i met up last week to wander into the park to find it together, so too did two women from another generation stroll by to look, learn and appreciate women's history and the contributions of the three great ladies cast in bronze.

                                                                       central park

      https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/arts/design/suffragist-19th-amendment-central-park.html 

just days ago on the Jewish New Year, we lost the iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second woman ever to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court and a fierce advocate for gender equality, civil and human rights.   

it was announced yesterday by Mayor Cuomo that a statue in her honor will be erected in her native Brooklyn. 

"fight for the things you care about. but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."  said RBG among many other "notorious" truths.  

we must fight harder than ever now!

VOTE!

Labor Day love

Surely a summer highlight was attending the opening night for artist and friend Gabrielle Lundy whose textile collage was shown at Chelsea's Viridian Artists juried exhibition in mid-July.  She flew in from Seattle to participate in the show upon learning her work had been included. 

Changing Hands, Stitching Stories is crafted from multiple up-cycled fabrics collected by the artist and mounted on an old picket fence.   

Gay has been creating textile collage and mixed media assemblage for over three decades now in spite of being diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis.  

A self-taught contemporary maker who has lived all over the world, she celebrates everyday materials through exuberant color and design.

Labor Day love goes to this true labor of love! 

Changing Hands, Stitching Stories, Gabrielle Lundy
(photos by me)
up-cycled cotton, linen, polyester, velvet, suede mounted on old picket fence....

for more about Gay Lundy and her work, visit
www.gabriellelundystuio.com 

on a clear day

you can catch a glimpse of pop artist Ashley Longshore on the terrace at The Whitney...

ashley longshore
#warholxwhitney

lift you higher

Bowery Mural...
https://untappedcities.com/2017/10/02/new-bowery-mural-by-lakwena-now-on-view-on-houston-street/

works of art

at MoMA 

many faces

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/marisa-merz