Repost from @obeygiant • “We are not going back.” These words from Kamala Harris summarize the moment we are in, and in order not to go back, we must go FORWARD! While we have not achieved all the goals we might be seeking, we are making progress - all in the face of expanding threats and regressive political adversaries.⁠ ⁠ But we are not going back. In fact, we have a very real opportunity to move forward. If we act we can move forward our desire for a healthy planet, for corporate accountability, toward equality and away from racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia, for equitable access to opportunity, for full access to the medical care we want or need, for fair and just immigration policies.⁠ ⁠ I believe VP Kamala Harris and her VP pick Tim Walz are our best chance to move forward. They are our best chance to push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve. Politics is messy... but messy is no excuse for checking out. Messy is the work and the work can be joyful. Messy is what it takes to get through the daunting mess in pursuit of a better future. But we only win if we show up. Be ready for Nov. 5. Check your voter registration status now.⁠ ⁠ This art is a tool of grassroots activism for all to use non-commercially. I was not paid for it and will not receive any financial benefit from it. I created this work purely in pursuit of a better future. Let’s get there together!⁠ -Shepard Fairey⁠ ⁠ ⁠Free art download available at link in bio. #kamalaharrisforward

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (@guggenheim), opened to the public on this day [October 21] in 1959. Five years later, the museum held the seminal Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition. In the show’s catalogue, Guggenheim director and exhibition curator Thomas Messer wrote: “Calder’s motion must be seen in relation to his repose; the mobile must be contemplated with the stabile; its emergence from static concepts and its ultimate integration in a dual entity that fuses the static and the dynamic must be felt before we may claim our full reward in understanding and pleasure. This exhibition, therefore, has been conceived as a comprehensive retrospective, a chronicle, as it were, of Calder’s life as an artist.”    Images: Installation photographs, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964. Photograph 1 by Farrell Grehan; Photograph 2 by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs; Photographs 3–4 by Robert Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. All © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York    #Calder #AlexanderCalder #CalderFoundation #guggenheim

Framed, and now dropped off at Maiden Lane Gallery for its Opening Reception on Thursday, 11/7 6-8pm. Will be a wonderful gathering! • Maiden Lane Gallery presents: ‘Too Marvelous for Words’ A dynamic group show with the work of 22 artists @maidenlanegallery.ny @ywcaulster | Curated by @melaniedelgado.art • On view 11/7-12/21 Gallery hours- Saturday & Sunday 12-3pm • Monotype Collage, 2022 • 8x10 on Rives BFK paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #collage #worksonpaper #mixedmedia#hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #abstractprintmaking #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #groupshow #holidayshow #maidenlanegalleryny #kingstonny #supportivecommunity

Still enjoy absorbing this one in my possession (at least for now). ‘Piccola’ #41 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Clear and vibrant forms, even in their infancy. Ellsworth Kelly completed these sketchbook pages in the 1950s. They are just a glimpse of the many sketchbooks you can explore in the collection at @themuseumofmodernart. #EllsworthKelly

#twylatharp #artistwisdom #danceicon #artistquotes

A special afternoon tagging along with the great artists Brenda Goodman and David Hornung, to view Brenda’s fantastic exhibit at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY - with work over two floors (would have loved even two more floors) - a selection of large and small works from the past 35 years and the first time works from different decades brought together - so special - loved it and close up and personal (for it’s fantastic textures, scored and poked surfaces). An honor to experience and converse about the work with these two. On view through November 23 - don’t miss it! • @brengoodman @davidhornungart @pamelasalisburyhudson #iconsofart #trailblazers #painters #improvisationalpainting #abstract #abstractrepresentational #paintingasjazz #brendagoodman #davidhornung

Continuing to study this one - ‘Quadrato’ #17. • Collage with acrylic gouache painted paper, indirect mark making • 11.5x12 on Arches 300# paper - framed size 19x20.25 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #nonobjectiveart #moderncollage #contemporarycollage

@PinkwaterGallery / @KingstonSocial - glad to see all three new monotypes together, amidst the array of great items. Be sure to check them out! And Pinkwater’s next Opening reception is tomorrow, Saturday 11/21, 5:30-7:30pm for the solo exhibit featuring the work of Caroline Burdett. • • Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14• created @_woodstockschoolofart printmaking studio • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype #pinkwatergallery #kingstonsocial #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

@MVNDesign - ‘Piccola’ #16 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

Repost from @davidzwirner • The first major national and international museum retrospective of the groundbreaking work of Ruth Asawa will premiere at @SFMOMA on April 5, 2025. This posthumous retrospective will feature the entire spectrum of the artist’s practice, including more than 300 works ranging from sculpture, drawings, prints, and paintings to design objects and archival materials drawn from public and private collections. The exhibition will offer an in-depth look at @RuthAsawaOfficial’s expansive output and explore the ways her longtime San Francisco home and garden served as the epicenter of her creative universe. Ruth Asawa: Retrospective is organized by Janet Bishop (@janet_bishop), chief curator and curator of painting and sculpture at SFMOMA, and Cara Manes (@cmanes), associate curator at @themuseumofmodernart, with support from Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. The exhibition will travel to MoMA in New York in late 2025, @MuseoGuggenheim in Bilbao in 2026, and @FondationBeyeler in Basel in 2027. Learn more via the link in bio. —⁣⁣⁣⁣ Photo: #RuthAsawa in her exhibition Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective View, San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMOMA), 1973. Photo by Laurence Cuneo Artworks: Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.427, Hanging Single Lobed, Five-Layered Continuous Form, 1953; Untitled (WC.187, Two Watermelons), c. 1960s. © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

#pattismith #wisewords #qotd #quoteoftheday #artistwisdom

The monotype (left) as it hung on my own wall to absorb before it going to @PinkwaterGallery / @KingstonSocialNY, to hang on their wall (amidst the wafting aroma of espresso). Pop in to see it and other beautiful work on its walls. • Monotype • 8x10 on Rives BFK printmaking paper •  framed size 14x16.5 • On the right, ‘Piccola’ #28, which I’ve held onto at this juncture (but others in the series @mvndesign). Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #monotype #printmaking  #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #artforinteriors #susannaronner #livewithart  #contemporaryartcollector  #abstractmonotype #kingstonsocialny #pinkwatergallery #paintedpaper #collage #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict

‘Mezzo’ #24 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Happy birthday, Lee Krasner. • Repost from @pollockkrasnerfoundation • In early 1941, Lee Krasner met Piet Mondrian at a party thrown by the American Abstract Artists welcoming him to the group. There they discovered their mutual appreciation for jazz music—Krasner’s personal record collection included the likes of Brenda Lee, Louis Armstrong, and Thelonious Monk —and would become dance partners. Dancing the night away at New York clubs like Café Society, Lee Krasner remarked that Mondrian was always inventing new steps. Image Caption: Portrait of Krasner by Maurice Berezov, circa 1942, undated #PollockKrasnerFoundation #LeeKrasner #Krasner #NonProfitArts #ArtsFunding #ArtGrants #AbstractArt #AbstractExpressionism #VisualArts

Painting - Series #8 • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 10x10.5” • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #geometric #paintedshapes #susannaronner #nonobjectivepainting #colorrelationships #acrylic #improvisation

Repost from @l.u.c.a.atelier • Jean Arp, Composition with Seven Elements - - - - - #jeanarp #artoftheday #designinspiration #designinspo #minimalart #slowliving #cerealmag #kinfolkmag #milkdecoration #milkmagazine #softtones #ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ #beigeaesthetic

@MVNDesign - ‘Mezzo’ #9 Open today, Saturday 11-5pm and Sunday 12-4pm. • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

Repost from @galeriezlotowski • “ In the 1920s, Sonia Delaunay moved up a level on the scale of professional production (….). Fabric became her material of choice, as well as the medium for disseminating the couple’s pictorial vision: fashion, decoration, textile, costumes and stages were all connected to painting and governed by the same laws” Extract from the text by Anne Bonnin in the exhibition catalogue published by Éditions Martin de Halleux. Projet de robe 1923, Paris Ink and pencil on paper 27 x 21 cm ©️ Pracusa 20240531 « Sonia Delaunay, la Simultanée » takes place in two locations: at Galerie Zlotowski (20, rue de Seine Paris 6) and at Galerie Roger-Viollet (6, rue de Seine, Paris 6). @roger.viollet • #soniadelaunaulasimultanée #soniadelaunay #delaunay #femmeartiste #womanartist #artcollector #artcurator #artadvisor #artmoderne #modernart #couleurs #colors #expositiondelaunay #soniadelaunaulasimultanée #fashion #mode #modesoniadelaunay #1920s #modedelaunay #soniadelaunayfashion #arttextile

#miro #joanmiro #artistquotes

@MVNDesign - ‘Piccola’ #11 Open this week Thursday-Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 12-4. Pop in to see more in this series and in other sizes, plus other alluring items. • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-6 pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

This monotype collage (along with two others in the series) chosen for this upcoming exhibit, curated by @melaniedelgado.art - hope to see you there! • Maiden Lane Gallery presents: ‘Too Marvelous for Words’ A dynamic group show @maidenlanegallery.ny @ywcaulster • Opening reception: Thursday, November 7, 6-8pm 51 Maiden Lane, Kingston NY On view 11/7-12/21 Gallery hours- Saturday & Sunday 12-3pm • Monotype Collage • 8x10 on Rives BFK paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #collage #worksonpaper #mixedmedia#hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #abstractprintmaking #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #groupshow #holidayshow #maidenlanegalleryny #kingstonny #supportivecommunity

Repost from crystal__voyager • Amedeo Modigliani, “Seated Female Nude, possibly Anna Akhmatova”, c. 1911. #AmedeoModigliani #modigliani #abstract #modernart #abstractart #abstraction #artist #minimalism #modernism #20thcenturyart

‘Visiting’ with work that resided in other parts of my own space, and taking work out of my flat files and framing them up - to pair for a new perspective. I like seeing how they speak to each other, even when created at different sessions in time. And perhaps at some point, they will live in a new space, but for now, am absorbing them. • Monotype on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 22x28 • created @_woodstockschoolofart printmaking studio • #monotype #printmaking #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #artforinteriors #susannaronner #livewithart #artforinteriors #abstractmonotype #rearrange #oneofakindart

A deserving award. • Repost from @davidzwirner • Just announced by The @WhiteHouse: Ruth Asawa (@RuthAsawaOfficial) will be a posthumous recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the United States government’s highest award given to artists and art patrons. Established in 1984, the National Medal of Arts is presented by the President of the United States to those who are “deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.” @POTUS Joe Biden will honor the award recipients in a ceremony at the White House today, Monday, October 21. + Ruth Asawa: Doing Is Living, an upcoming solo presentation of the artist’s sculptures and works on paper opens on November 19 at #DavidZwirnerHongKong. —⁣⁣⁣⁣ Ruth Asawa with hanging wire sculpture, 1951. Photo © Imogen Cunningham Trust. Artwork © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS) #RuthAsawa @JoeBiden

Painting - Series #7 • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 10x10.5” • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #geometric #paintedshapes #nonobjectivepainting #colorrelationships

Repost from @emptyspacecontemporary • Ai Weiwei. Forever Bicycles, 2003 Foto: ALBERTINA, Wien / Lisa Rastl & Reiner Riedler © 2022 Ai Weiwei. #aiweiwei

Happy to squeeze some time in for this kind of creating. ‘Mezzo’ #23. • Collage with painted paper • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #curatedeye

Repost from @l.u.c.a.atelier • Eduardo Chillida - - - - #eduardochillida #artoftheday #designinspiration #designinspo #minimalart #slowliving #cerealmag #kinfolkmag #milkdecoration #milkmagazine #softtones #ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ #beigeaesthetic

Delighted to have this monotype collage (along with two others in the series) chosen for this upcoming exhibit, curated by @melaniedelgado.art - hope to see you there! • Maiden Lane Gallery presents: ‘Too Marvelous for Words’ A dynamic group show @maidenlanegallery.ny @ywcaulster • Opening reception: Thursday, November 7, 6-8pm 51 Maiden Lane, Kingston NY On view 11/7-12/21 Gallery hours- Saturday & Sunday 12-3pm • Monotype Collage • 8x10 on Rives BFK paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #collage #worksonpaper #mixedmedia#hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #abstractprintmaking #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #groupshow #holidayshow #maidenlanegalleryny #kingstonny #supportivecommunity

To my Hudson Valley friends, save the date! And those that know, know it will be on fire! @tanitabbal | tanitabbalmusic.com • #tanitabbal #lacemillkingstonny #kingstonnyhappenings #michaelbisio #peytonpleninger #tanitabbalquart | design+art: susannaronner.com

And this painted paper collage from the ‘Piccola’ series is now with a new collector (paired with another in the series- ‘Piccola’#20) from @mvndesign - and I hope it brings much joy. See more from this series at MVN Design, across from the Old Dutch Church in Uptown, Kingston, NY. • ‘Piccola’ #18 - Collage with painted paper • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #mvndesign #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict

Repost from @lynnchadwickarchives • Model for Beast Alerted I - 1990⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #LynnChadwick #Sculptor #Artist #BritishArtist #BritishArt #Modernist #Modernism #ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #Geometric #GeometricArt #Geometry #GeometryOfFear #Texture #MetalArt #BronzeSculpture #Sculpture #Sculptures

‘Mezzo’ #1 is @mvndesign, along with other new work in the painted paper series. Plus, this little shop is full of great finds! • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #uptownkingstonny #stockadehistoricdistrict #interiordesignaccessories

It certainly takes courage to step out of one’s comfort zone. #helenfrankenthaler #stepout #opentoexplore #artistquotes #artistwisdom

Series #6. • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 10x10.5” • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #geometric #paintedshapes #nonobjectivepainting #colorrelationships

At @pinkwatergallery / @kingstonsocialny - and if you don’t see it on the wall, ask for it! Three in the series reside there - hope you pop in. And enjoy all the wonderful work on its walls (and the espresso scents wafting through the air). • Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict #kingstongallery

Series #5. • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 14x11 • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #geometric

Repost from @albers_foundation • …“In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut”…New Britain Museum of American Art. ... Images: (1-5) Anni Albers, prints from the series “Triangulated Intaglio,” I, II, IV, V, VI, 1976, single-color copper plate etchings © 2020 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY (6) Installation view of “Triangulated Intaglio” in “In Thread and On Paper” ... #annialbers #intaglio #worksonpaper #AnniAlbersNBMAA @nbmaa56

Delighted that this painted paper collage from the ‘Piccola’ series is now hanging on a collector’s wall (one of two chosen) having discovered it @mvndesign - and I hope it brings them much joy. See more from this series at MVN Design shop, across from the Old Dutch Church in Uptown, Kingston, NY. • ‘Piccola’ #20 - Collage with painted paper • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #mvndesign #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict

Repost from @pirelaatelier • Inspiration \\ Fernand Leger (The Divers) Living room of Wallace K. Harrison’s Estate in Melville NY, 1942 The Harrison Estate was a laboratory for ideas Harrison expressed in his architecture. In 1942, Fernand Leger, escaping the war in Europe, came to the house and painted a mural for the large round living room. #interiordesigninspirations #interiordecorideas #decoratingtips #interiordesignidea #stylishinteriors #interiortips #homestylingideas #vintagedealer #vintagehomewares #homestyles #homedecoratingideas #interiorstylingideas #interiordecoratingideas #interiorstyles #dreaminteriors #homefurnishing #homeinteriordesign #interiorinspirations #interiordesigntips #lovelyinterior #livingroominterior #homedecorations #interiordesigninspo #nostalgicutopia #fernandleger #brutalism #postmodern #pirelaatelier #pirelaatelierinspo

Series #4. • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 14x11 • #painting #paintingagain #acylic #trust #couragetoexplore

Beautiful lines. Carlo Mollino’s ‘Suora’ lamp, 1947. • #carlomollino #italiendesign #midcentury

As it all started to click. Series #2. • Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 14x11 • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #shapeandcolor #couragetoexplore

Repost from @calderfoundation • The exhibition Calder. Sculpting Time at MASI Lugano (@masilugano) presents a rare opportunity to see eight of Calder’s Constellations on view together. The artist developed this new form of sculpture in the early 1940s in response to the scarcity of sheet metal during World War II. “As sculptural assemblages of carved elements, Calder’s Constellations imply a return to the craft of his forebears,” writes Alexander S. C. Rower. “Yet as open, reduced-mass abstractions, they are a clear departure from the conventions of solid sculptural form ... These majestic sculptures reconcile tradition and innovation in a decisive way.” The Constellations pictured here are a selection of those on view at MASI through 6 October.      Images: Wall Constellation with Row of Objects (1943); © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York    #Calder #AlexanderCalder #calderfoundation

Painting - yes, painting - it had been a very, very long time since I had painted (other than painting paper for collage), but decided to dip my toe back into it, under the guidance of artist/educator David Hornung, who has been a pivotal educator for me and I can call a friend as well. It took till the morning of day 4 of a 5 day intensive workshop to adjust the feeling of being lost (having been used to creating through cut shapes and building from there), and finding my way directly onto the ‘canvas’, allowing a personal language to flow and express itself. Courage and trust. Nice group of artists from around the country and Canada, all with their own exploration. The course title was ‘Improvisational Abstract Painting’ (Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY), and as usual in David’s courses, includes in depth slide presentations, which add great context. This is one of several paintings that emerged. • Series #3 - Acrylic paint on canvas paper, 12.5x11 • #painting #paintingagain #acrylic #trust #couragetoexplore #davidhornung @davidhornungart

#emilzola #keepatit #dailyexploration #regularartpractice #keeplearning #wisequotes

‘Mezzo’ #22 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

I find that when I frame my art and hang it on my own wall, I can study it better - and I often swap work between the frames I have that are waiting in the wings. ‘Quadrato’ #17 - and with a little @melaniedelgado.art piece to its left, and in my own personal ‘gallery’. • Collage with acrylic gouache painted paper, indirect mark making • 11.5x12 on Arches 300# paper - framed size 19x20.25 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #nonobjectiveart #moderncollage #contemporarycollage

Repost from @ckhayman • David Smith, Gondola II, 1964. Photo Jonty Wilde. All credit to original poster/photographer. #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarysculpture #modernart #modernsculpture #publicsculpture #publicart #davidsmith #davidsmithsculpture

Three of my monotypes hang on the wall @kipstavern in Rhinecliff, NY, and as captured by owner @christopherdorsey (discovered originally @pinkwatergallery) - worth a visit from anywhere for their great cuisine. • Repost from @christopherdorsey • Dinner Time! #rhinecliff #rhinebeck #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleyeats #kipstavern #kipstavernrhinecliff #monotype #abstractar#susannaronner #artonpaper #contemporaryprintmaking #geometricart #geometricabstraction #artforinteriors #mainstreetmagazine

Yes indeed. #artistquotes #wisewords #twylatharp #wisdom #trust

‘Mezzo’ #21 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

The quartet. • Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

‘Mezzo’ #20 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #collagedesign

Repost from @theartbystander • In 1997, a unique synergy was born: LOUISE BOURGEOIS and HELMUT LANG met in New York, leading to a portrait by Bruce Weber for the Helmut Lang A/W 97/98 collection campaign. That moment marked the beginning of an ongoing, intimate friendship. Louise Bourgeois’s art is © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY #louisebourgeois #helmutlangstudio @helmutlang

Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

Happy birthday, Louise Nevelson • Repost from @louise.nevelson • Photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe 1986. #louise.nevelson #louisenevelson #nevelson #robertmapplethorpe #robertmapplethorpefoundation #labiennaledivenezia #louisenevelsonsculpture #art #artist #newyorkartist #femaleartists #femaleart #femaleartistsinhistory #femaleartistsofinstagram #abstractart #louisenevelsonfoundation #women_artists #womenartists #womeninabstractart #articon #articons @louise.nevelson @farnsworthmuseum @labiennale

‘Mezzo’ #19 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Repost from @eve_tracuma • YSP: Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019 ••• David Smith, Anchorhead, 1952 ••• “Art is a paradox that has no laws to bind it. When art exists it becomes tradition. When it is created, it represents a unity that did not exist before.”

Heading to @mvndesign today and newly being shown - two from the mid size ‘Mezzo’ series (#1 and #9). Hope you pop in to see them along with more from this painted paper collage work in other sizes. • Collage with acrylic gouache painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

#louisevelson #artistquotes

‘Mezzo’ #18 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #shapesandcolors

Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14• created @_woodstockschoolofart printmaking studio • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

Repost from @calderfoundation • In late 1942, Calder began working on a new open form of sculpture made of carved wood and wire. “They had a suggestion of some kind of cosmic nuclear gases—which I won’t try to explain,” he wrote in his autobiography. “I was interested in the extremely delicate, open composition.” James Johnson Sweeney and Marcel Duchamp proposed the name “constellations” for these works, seven of which were included in the artist’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (@themuseumofmodernart), the following year. • Image: Untitled, 1943, and Easter Hat, 1943. Photo: Herbert Matter, 1943. © 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York • #Calder #AlexanderCalder #CalderFoundation

Great to see Ellsworth Kelly’s little sketchbook - and I only changed the music from the original post to the Digable Planets (‘Rebirth of Slick - Cool Like Dat ’ with a sample from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers :) • Repost from @ellsworthkellystudio • We never get tired of flipping through Ellsworth’s sketchbook pages. Images: Sketchbook 29, 1955 © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. #ellsworthkelly #sketchbook #digableplanets #artblakey #artblakeyandthejazzmessengers

Aw, came across this photo - there was a palpable joy to gather again with a little more freedom in 2022. And we three were exhibiting @pinkwatergallery with others in the ‘collective’ (original location on N. Front St, Uptown Kingston) - with @davidgarlandmakes, @joanffolliott and me. • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #susannaronner #artonpaper #contemporaryartcollector #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #colorabstraction #susannaronner #artforinteriordesigners #artistdesigner #designerartist #gallery #uptownkingstonny #uptownkingston #contemporaryartgallery

Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14• created @_woodstockschoolofart printmaking studio • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

#charlesmingus #mingus #wisewords #artistquotes #jazzquotes

‘Piccola’ #42, now @mvndesign ! And see this and more in the Piccola series in this great little shop - the curated eye of interior designer, Michael Van Nort. • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict #interiordesign #artny

Now up on the wall @pinkwatergallery / @kingstonsocialny - plus a beautiful exhibit of work by Kristen Osterberg - and a great array of mercantile and oh, the Italian pastries… • Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict

Repost from @calderfoundation • In 1947, Herbert Matter took a series of photographs of the unusual hanging mobile Tentacles, silhouetted against a richly black background. At first glance, each image seems to depict a different sculpture—a common experience when viewing Calder’s mobiles and stabiles. “The mobile has actual movement in itself, while the stabile is back at the old painting idea of implied movement,” Calder said. “You have to walk around a stabile or through it—a mobile dances in front of you.” Image: Tentacles, 1947. Photo: Herbert Matter, 1947. © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York #Calder #AlexanderCalder #CalderFoundation #herbertmatter

Monotype with silver metallic ink • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

‘Mezzo’ #17 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

#marthagraham #artistquotes #danceicon #trailblazers

Great to be on the same wall again with @melaniedelgado.art, and now in the little shop that could @mvndesign in Uptown Kingston, NY, filled with the curated eye of interior designer Michael Van Nort. And thanks to Melanie for the photo snap. Shown are three from the ‘Piccola’ painted paper series, with more available in other color palettes. • Collage with painted paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • #collage #worksonpaper #paintedpaper #collageart #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #contemporarypainting #interiordesign #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny

Saturday, Sept. 14 - this super and beloved fundraising event. Delighted to once again be invited to participate as an artist (and press assistant) along with a great ensemble of 72 artists - all donating one monotype created during the ‘Woodstock Monoprint Invitational Exhibition’ and selected by the great artist/educator/queen of the print shop at WSA, Kate McGloughlin. • Reception & Silent Auction! The silent auction portion begins promptly at 2PM and ends at 3:30PM. • There will be an online preview of all the prints at woodstockschoolofart.org on Sept 11th. Come bid on the best prints from each of the artists participating in this year’s Monothon. • #woodstockny #woodstockschoolofart #monotype #monothon #printmaking #artistfundraising #supportthearts

This one kept pulling on me to make some kind of a tweak, as I would walk past it pinned on my wall - and feels more resolved now. • ‘Mezzo’ #15 redux • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Repost from @thegreatwomenartists • Rebecca Horn (1944–2024) 🕊️ RIP to a legend, who, since the 1970s, revolutionised the idea of sculpture and the body’s relationship to it, through her kinetic wing-like forms that act as extensions of our arms and fingers. She said: “The transformation of the experience: that is pure art.” What did her work teach you? ✨🕊️✨ • #RebeccaHorn #WomenArtists

I don’t usually share this here but it is as integral to my art, design, and creative work and thought. This clip (the encore) that I took at the Roscoe Mitchell Trio performing in Roccella, Italy - with drummer, and my husband, @tanitabbal , along with close friend Jaribu Shahid (bass), and the exceptional Roscoe Mitchell, who Tani has played, toured and recorded with since the late 70s, and I’ve had the privilege of accompanying around the globe for many years. tanitabbalmusic.com • Repost from @tanitabbal • Roscoe Mitchell Trio, Roccella, Italy, 2015 with Roscoe Mitchell, Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums). video susannaronner_art. Roccella Jazz Festival, Italy. • #roscoemitchell #tanitabbal #jaribushahid #roccellaitaly #roccellajazzfestival #musicinspires #stayopen

@MVNDesign - ‘Piccola’ #11 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

Sweet to see this photo snap with Anne Sanger at her KingstonSocial/Pinkwater Gallery opening of beautiful work by @kristinosterberg this past Friday eve. Anne was an early advocate of my art, which fused into a deepened relationship of camaraderie at Pinkwater Gallery that continued through and out of the pandemic years. Happy that she’s reimagined Pinkwater Gallery and it’s off to a great new chapter within KingstonSocial @annesanger_abstract @pinkwatergallery @kingstonsocialny @jessicajamesonphoto • #artistfriends #artistsupportartists #artistbond

‘Mezzo’ #16 • Collage with painted paper • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Repost from @albers_foundation • Anni Albers experimented with different materials and means as part of her weaving process. Here she used the typewriter keys ( ) _ and black ink to create a pattern. Regarding her typewriter studies, she said: “These varied experiments in articulation are to be understood not as an end in themselves but merely as a help to us in gaining new terms in the vocabulary of tactile language.” (from Anni Albers’s influential book, “On Weaving,” pg. 65; plate 36, study made on the typewriter) © 2015 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / ARS, NY #albersfoundation #annialbers #textiles

And a new catalogue is born! Designed for artist Martin Weinstein, whose solo exhibit opens in Venice, Italy on September 14. This is the third catalogue I’ve designed for Martin for his fascinating and beautiful work, painted on multi layers of acrylic. • Repost from @crosscontemporaryart • Martin Weinstein • Dentro | Fuori Opening reception Saturday, September 14, 6:00-8:00pm | 18:00 - 20:00 Castello 925 located adjacent to the #GiardiniBiennale at Fondamenta San Giuseppe, Sestiere Castello 780, 30122 Venezia (VE) More info: https://bit.ly/C925weinstein24 (LINK IN BIO) Online catalogue: https://bit.ly/MWCatalog24 (LINK IN BIO) . . . #contemporarypainting #artecontemporanea #venicepainting #venezia #hiddencornersofvenice #painting #martinweinstein #hudsonvalleyartist #viewsofvenice #labiennaledivenezia #paessaggio #paessaggioitaliano #contemporarylandscape #contemporarylandscapepainting #pitturacontemporanea #pitturaveneta #exhibitioncatalogue #martinweinstein #designforartists #crosscontemporaryart #crosscontemporaryprojects #jendragon @msweinst @castello_925 | to see more artist catalogues - design: susannaronner.com

And this series. • Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14 • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

#ellsworthkelly #artistquotes #abstraction

Repost from @ckhayman • Louise Nevelson, Sky Landscape II, 1976. All credit to original poster/photographer. #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarysculpture #modernart #modernsculpture #publicsculpture #publicart #louisenevelson

‘Mezzo’ #14 • Collage with painted paper • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

Line as sculpture. • Repost from @davidsmithestate • #sculpture #steel #stainlesssteel #davidsmith

‘Mezzo’ #13 • Collage with painted paper, with direct and indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage

#dowhatyoulove #caroleeschneemann #artistwisdom #artistquotes

MVN Design is cooking up some ideas for his clients - happy to have this work in his scope. • Repost from @mvndesign • I always love a studio visit with an artist, and my most recent one with @susannaronner_art did not disappoint! I hope to place these hand painted paper collages in a future project. In the meantime, shop hours are limited this week, however do stop by on Saturday to see Susanna’s work in person at 48 Main Street in Kingston. • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 10x10.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 17x17.25 • #collage #worksonpaper #abstractartist #paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #artforinteriors #mvndesign #uptownkingstonny

Monotype • 10x8 on Rives BFK printmaking paper • framed size 16.5x14• created @_woodstockschoolofart printmaking studio • #monotype #printmaking #hudsonvalleyartist #womanartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart #contemporaryprintmaking #abstractprintmaking #artonpaper #colorabstraction #geometricart #geometricabstraction #susannaronner #livewithart #contemporaryartcollector #abstractmonotype

Repost from @davidsmithestate • #zig #circles #cubi #sculpture #starcage #hudsonriverlandscape #billiardplayer #steel #stainlesssteel #davidsmith

Delighted that this ‘Piccola’ also went to the same buyer - I hope it brings much joy. And a collection from the ‘Piccola’ series are now happily residing with MVN Design (I dropped off four more on Saturday), and a large piece from the ‘Quadrato’ series. Pop in as there are so many great items for the home as well. Open Labor Day Sunday 12-4 • Collage ‘Piccola’ #27 with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Th-Sun 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

Now at @mvndesign ! - ‘Piccola’ #43 • Collage with painted paper, indirect mark making • 6x6.5 on Arches 300# paper • framed size 11.5x13.75 • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - and across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #kingstonny #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrictny

Because my design eye and my art eye both inform the other, and as a graphic designer by profession, most know that I use this platform to feature both. • So, yay, a new logo is born for ‘Yutori’ - a beautiful, newly built space in Woodstock, NY. - and perfect for therapy and massage. Yutori (Japanese) - ‘intentionally slowing down to breathe, listen, and appreciate the beauty of nature and life.’ Yutori is available for rental. Learn more: https://mtnviewstudio.com/rent-our-therapy-studio/. • #woodstockny #logodesign #graphicdesign #branding | to see more design: @susannaronner.com

On my wall to absorb for some moments before bringing these and others to @mvndesign in Uptown Kingston on Thursday. Delighted to have this new collage series to mingle amongst the other beautifully curated furnishings and accessories in this little shop that could. • MVN Design, 48 Main Street, Kingston, NY - across from the Old Dutch Church - open Thurs-Sat 11-5pm. 917.355.5031 for inquiries. • ‘Piccola’ and ‘Quadrato’ painted paper collage. • #collage #worksonpaper#paintedpaper #collageart #hudsonvalleyartist #contemporaryart #colorabstraction #abstractart  #artonpaper #geometricart #geometricabstraction #livewithart #susannaronner #artistdesigner #womanartist #colorshapecomposition #contemporarycollage #uptownkingstonny #stockadedistrict • photo of Kingston building that houses MVN Design by Michael Van Nort.

A photo I snapped @themuseumofmodernart extraordinary 2015 exhibit ‘Picasso Sculpture’ - and while I appreciate Picasso’s paintings, ceramics, printmaking, I find his sculpture, particularly the sheet metal work, to be his finest. • ‘Picasso Sculpture is a sweeping survey of Pablo Picasso’s innovative and influential work in three dimensions. This will be the first such museum exhibition in the United States in nearly half a century. Over the course of his long career, Picasso devoted himself to sculpture wholeheartedly, if episodically, using both traditional and unconventional materials and techniques. Unlike painting, in which he was formally trained and through which he made his living, sculpture occupied a uniquely personal and experimental status for Picasso. He approached the medium with the freedom of a self-taught artist, ready to break all the rules. This attitude led him to develop a deep fondness for his sculptures, to which the many photographs of his studios and homes bear witness. Treating them almost as members of his household, he cherished the sculptures’ company and enjoyed re-creating them in a variety of materials and situations. Picasso kept the majority in his private possession during his lifetime. It was only in 1966, through the large Paris retrospective Hommage à Picasso, that the public became fully aware of this side of his work. Following that exhibition, in 1967 The Museum of Modern Art organized The Sculpture of Picasso, which until now was the first and only exhibition on this continent to display a large number of the artist’s sculptures. Picasso Sculpture focuses on the artist’s lifelong work with sculpture, with a particular focus on his use of materials and processes. The exhibition, which features more than 100 sculptures, complemented by selected works on paper and photographs, aims to advance the understanding of what sculpture was for Picasso, and of how he revolutionized its history through a lifelong commitment to constant reinvention.’ - MoMA.org • #picasso #picassosculpture #picassoatmoma #sheetmetalsculpture