Barbara's Temporary Contemporary Gallery
In 2002 Barbara joined the Fredrick Weisman Museum in Los Angeles as a “Docent”, intially a somewhat grandiose designation for an escort of the visitors to the collection in the private residence of Mr. Weisman's widow. But Barbara never does things halfway, within a year she had become one of the most knowledgable interpreters of the art - all post-1950 – in possession of the Museum. She acquired her knowledge at the Weisman Foundation library and by systematically exploring exhibitions in LA, San Francisco, New York, and in Europe. I probably learned most from her searches. On our tours through Europe she was only half interested in the classical paintings that fascinated me - through her eyes I was introduced to Beckmann, Gerhard Richter, the contemporary Chinese, and an increasing number of artists I had never heard of.
Barbara retired from the Weisman Foundation in 2008 but continued her explorations into contemporary art. This “gallery” of her discoveries is conceived as a continuation of my History of Painting along the lines of her interests - although she stresses that the selections and words are mine and not necessarily her choice.
As time progresses I will add new discoveries to this list, which in this sense will remain temporary.
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”Requiem for the Sun: The
Art of Mono-Ha” (1968-76) |
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Born in Ghana in 1944, teaches in Nigeria. Known for his “Gawu” large tapestries assembled with copper wire from aluminum-can and liquor-bottle-cap trash. |
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Born in Missouri, USA, in 1959 Cave is a fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist |
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Born in the suburbs of London, England in 1964 Ritchie combines large-scale, computer-generated drawings with metal cutout arabesques to create poetic images of “universal meaning” |
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Hadid was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1981 and raised in New York. She is perhaps the most imaginative “installation” artist of the four presented here. |
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