Georges Rouault: Holy Fools and the Theater Of Society
Trained in the art of stained glass, the French modern painter Georges Rouault (1871–1958) developed a luminous, linear style that set him apart from his Fauvist peers. Ahead of a focused exhibition at Independent 20th Century, co-presented by Nahmad Contemporary and Skarstedt, scholar Jennifer Johnson explores the “depth of craftsmanship and philosophical thought that characterize the artist’s peculiar form of modernism” in a newly commissioned Independent Features essay.
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In the Studio with Judy Pfaff
Our latest Independent Features story profiles the formidable Judy Pfaff, whose sprawling studio compound in Tivoli, New York, is a hive of invention. Ahead of Cristin Tierney Gallery’s solo presentation of her historic works at Independent 20th Century, arts and culture writer Julie Baumgardner explores the untamable practice of an artist who has pushed at the boundaries of installation art since the 1970s.
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