Jane Freilicher and Jane Wilson: Seen and Unseen
Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY
October 25, 2015 - January 18, 2016
This exhibition brings together paintings and works on paper by Jane Freilicher and Jane Wilson—two notable figures in American art who emerged from the pursuit of rigorous abstraction to develop highly individual and beautifully compelling approaches to representation, fundamentally reinventing traditional definitions of landscape and still life painting.
Freilicher abandoned abstraction early in her career, citing a need for what she termed the "seen" and her keen observation skirted realism in favor of an informal, fluidly vernacular kind of painting. Wilson, too, steered away from literal transcription, seeking to convey, in her words, those unseen "moments of strong sensation" in paint.
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