| It takes an exhibition. Despite being in his studio every day, Lennart Anderson, who died in 2015 left a relatively modest oeuvre. An artist of legendary tonal subtlety, he obsessively reworked his classical idylls, contemporary street-scenes, portraits and still lifes over many years. In his last decade, Anderson was the victim of macular degeneration, persevering nonetheless with up-close paintings dependent upon peripheral vision: like, in their late years, his artist touchstones Titian and Degas, he was legally blind. Now, with sponsorship from the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, among others, curators Graham Nickson and Rachel Rickert have gathered together a traveling exhibition of his work that draws together over two dozen heavy hitters from his sparse output, revealing the vastness of his quiet painterly ambition. DAVID COHEN
The exhibition is accompanied by a sumptuous catalogue ($45) with essays by Martica Sawin, Susan Jane Walp, and Paul Resika, and an interview with the artist by Jennifer Samet. 8 West 8th Street, between 5th and 6th avenues, nyss.org. The exhibition travels to the Lyme Academy, CT, next year and Southern Utah University in 2023 A panel discussion at the Resnick-Passlof Foundation, featuring Rickert, Steve Hicks and Kyle Staver and moderated by David Cohen, is sold out for November 13 but standby tickets at $15 might be available. 4pm at 87b Eldridge Street, between Grand and Hester. Lennart Anderson, Bacchanal, 1956. Collection of Jeanette Anderson Wallace |
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
Lennart Anderson at the New York Studio School
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