Admittedly, I originally was not planning on visiting America in the Making – Addison Gallery but after I saw a recent review, I revised my plans and stopped by over the weekend. And I am so glad that I did as I finally had the chance to view some of my favorite artist’s work.
The exhibition is set up chronologically so for me the really fun stuff was located on their 2nd floor which was mostly contemporary art.
Frank Stella’s “Juam, 1997”
Top left: Betye Saar, A Different Destiny, 2024, Bottom left: Carrie Mae Weems, All the Boys (Blocked 2), 2016, Right: Kara Walker, unfortunately, the photo I took with the name of this piece was too blurry to figure out what it says.
Left: Andy Warhol, Cambell’s Soup II (Oyster Stew), 1969, Middle: Andy Warhol, Execution Chair, Left: Roy Lichtenstein, Sweet Dreams Baby!, 1965
There was not a lot of sculpture represented, but the pieces below allowed me to finally see Smith and Moholy-Nagy’s work in person.
Left: David Smith, Structure of Arches, 1939, Right: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Twisted Planes, 1946
Left: Georgia O’Keeffe, Wave, Night, 1928, Right: Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Lines, 1919
Left: Karl Zerbe, Chinatown No. 2, 1952, Top Right: Hans Hoffman, Black Demon, 1944, Bottom Left: Adolph Gottlieb, Untitled, 1953
Irene Rice Pereira work has always fascinated me, but until now, I have not had an opportunity to see her work. Light is Gold, 1951 looks into “the relationship between light, space and perception” and really needs to be seen up close so you can see how it was assembled:
John Graham’s name pops up in virtually every book about the New York School/Abstract Expressionists, yet I have never seen any of his work in person – until now Nature Morte, 1929-30 (right), Left: Joseph Cornell, Cage, 1949
Maud Morgan and her husband were part of the New York art scene in the 1930s before she was a teacher at Phillips Academy in the 1940s and 50s and somehow, I missed learning about her. Her painting Triptych, 1949 absolutely dominates the room and is one of the most captivating paintings I have ever seen.
Left: Hedda Sterne, Untitled, 1989, Right: The Irascibles: William Baziotes, James Brooks, Fritz Bultman, Jimmy Ernst, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Weldon Kees, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Theodoros Stamos, Hedda Sterne, Clyfford Still and Bradley Walker Tomlin.
Ms Sterne is the only woman in the group and is standing in the back, if you wish to know more about the Irascibles, please see The Irascibles – Wikipedia
This is the first time I have seen any work by Hedda Sterne and the photo really does not do it justice, it is quite powerful and I found myself going back to it several times.
It is rumored that Jeanne Reynal created Servants of the Sun, 1950 “after reflecting on the suicide of a close friend (possibly well-known painter Arshile Gorkey, who died in 1948).”
This is another artist I have long heard about, but have never had an opportunity to see her work.
Alma Thomas currently has an exhibition on view Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum | Smith College Museum of Art until January 10, 2027. I have not had a chance to see it yet, but it is on my Must See list. The beautiful paining below is her “Ruth Kainen’s Amaryllis”, 1976
Was very happy to see Louise Nevelson represented with “Untitled”, 1958 (left), as well as Florine Stettheimer, My Birthday Eyegay, 1929 (right). I only discovered Florine last year and since then have been on the lookout for her work, I love the way that this painting on first viewing looks so simple, but the layers are really what makes it special.
Sol Lewitt, Wall Drawing #1065: Bars of Color (Addison), 2003
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