She, Her: Amy Sillman's MoMA Room / Louise Nevelson Chapel

Louise Nevelson in The Shape of Shape, a brilliant installation of works from the MoMA collection by painter, philosopher and inspiration Amy Sillman. MoMA Link through April 2020. Sillman's  jewel of a show reminded me of Jessica Stockholder's The Jewel Thief at the Tang in 2010 Tang Museum Link 2010

On a stepped platform surrounding the space, prints, paintings, and sculpture perched in close proximity and visual rapport. Here, a Kirshner print I can't get enough of--with a raking yellow light flowing over three figures.

While nearby a beguiling Offili.

An Ann Truitt column loans chroma and energy to what is already a fantastic combination of works. 

The Kirshner and Offili in situ (to left, a Howard Hodgkin ink drawing)

Louise Bourgeois, a simply gorgeous drawing on a collage paper surface.

Carolee Schneeman

Christina Ramberg's obsessive figure.

Gorky and Caroll Dunham! Be still my heart with these visual linkages!

Sillman talks about the premise of her selection through shape. She says shape is not considered a hot topic, like color. She writes, "...shape-makers were also often outliers in modern art. Some of these artists were overlooked, or out of sync with their time. Perhaps this is because shape-artists tend to work with uncertainty and vulnerability instead of the self-assurance and dependability of systems. Doubling back to look at them now, in different configurations, can reopen old questions. We see how these artists explore the frailty of bodies, their marginalization, but also their revision and repair—making plain the political realities of having a body to begin with."

Frankenthaler

A gorgeous  aquatint by Bill Jensen

Guston

The install

Groupings, casual relationships that build and resonate long after one leaves the room.

Then over to Lexington and St. Peters Church: to view the Louise Nevelson Chapel (1977) recently renovated and open to the public. Chapel Link

Photos don't do it justice (check the link). The room is dynamic, yet restful, silent.

The furniture is comfortable, well-proportioned; the wall installations commanding arrangements. Thanks to artist Brece Honeycutt for suggesting the Nevelson Chapel!