and Dave Marshall, published by The Physics Room Contemporary Art Space. The catalogue includes newly commissioned scholarship by Helen Molesworth and an introduction by Ginny Neel of The Estate of Alice Neel. Alice Canton remembers her own coming-of-age filled with uncertainty and longing. Including works that span the 1920s to the 1980s, this presentation focuses primarily on the nude figure-whether male or female, adult or child-and demonstrates how Neel rebelled against and challenged the traditional perceptions of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty in our society.
David Marshall Disenos Designer Gilt Metal & Wood Stools. In their mastery of form, color, and implied social commentary, her nudes are as relevant today as when they were painted.įreedom documents the solo exhibition of the artist’s work at David Zwirner in New York in 2019. Alberto Carlieri (Rome 1672-circa 1720) Dance to the Music of Time. Through her paintings and works on paper, Neel was able to free herself from the expected inhibitions and crippling taboos that were placed on women and focus on the beauty and nuanced complexity of flesh and the human body. Her nudes, in particular, explore the body with frankness while celebrating the individuality of each of her subjects, and they exemplify the freedom and courage with which she approached her work and her life. She also loved to paint the unadorned human figure. David HELLIER, Vice Principal: Learning and Progression, BA (Hons) Modern History (Queen Mary College London) GDL.
Known for her daringly honest portraits, Neel loved to paint people in all their complexities-to penetrate and reveal their fears and anxieties, how they defiance and survival.
One of the foremost American figurative painters of the twentieth century, it is not surprising that Alice Neel was a humanist-she was fascinated by people.
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