Tuesday, October 26, 2010

On View

Joan Mitchell (American, 1926-1992). Salut Tom, 1979. 
Oil on canvas. 110 7/16 × 78 5/8 in. (each panel; 4 panels total)

Currently on view at the Corcoran in the newly reinstalled Modern and Contemporary Permanent Collection.  A spectacular must see.

From the Corcoran website: 

Modern and Contemporary Art Since 1945
The new permanent collection installation highlights the strengths of the modern and contemporary art holdings. These galleries provide a sense of the breadth of practice and the range of ideas that animate postwar and contemporary art. Major works by Lee Bontecou, Robert Colescott, Ellsworth Kelly, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Jessica Stockholder, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol are presented, some of which have never been shown before.

A portion of the display is devoted to work by artists living in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region. It addresses some of the core developments in art from the past few decades, as well as concerns that arise directly from the life and culture of Washington, D.C. Drawn primarily from the collection, it includes works by Jefferson Pinder, Jim Sanborn, and Yuriko Yamaguchi, among others.

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