MoMA, Picabia; Whitney, Fast Forward: the 1980s

Picabia's lyrical and light ink work at MoMA.
MoMA Link

Early paintings, with interior illumination, geometry and collaged space.

These works are early, between 1904-1914

We jump to post war overlays, that fluctuate and reverberate in ways that are easy for us now but then? Radical.

Drawn to his work on paper especially,  a lightness and layering he calls "transparencies"

Such awkwardness in these works, yet

also a wonderful thickness, a surface presence

Picabia's last painting.

A lovely Basquiat blocked by a group practicing dance moves... 

Faith Ringgold

The Whitney's 80s show, Fast Forward. A gem on the sixth floor.
Whitney Link

Julia Wachtel

So great to see Kathe Burkhardt, who'd lived next door to me in LA on Wall St. 

Ross Bleckner memorial painting: Count No Count, 1989

Varnish 80s style 

For me the seminal 80s painting by Terry Winters: undergraduate school aspiration...

Martin Wong's painting looks great here

Haring, Basquiat

George Condo 

Condo, detail

Kenny Scharf on Haring wall painting

Early Wool, so tactile 

Wool, Detail

Terry Winters, Good Government - farewell, 1980s!

Wave Hill Research: Trees - Original Post with Corrections by Charles Day, Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter

Welcome to Wave Hill! Here is the lovely White Oak before renewing its irregularly shaped leaves.

Here is the Hardy Kiwi, b. 1967. Wikipedia says, "Actinidia arguta (hardy kiwi) is a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, Northern China, and Russian Siberia. It produces a small fruit resembling the kiwifruit.^[1]" 

In casual conversation Wave Hill's Chief Arts Curator Jennifer McGregor remarked, "The trees in winter are Wave Hill's sculpture garden." Witness the grand Sugar Maple. Look at the shadows--the structure of each tree!

Love this crazy Beaked Yucca (Yucca Rostrenta) at the entrance of Glyndor Gallery, our studio for the moment.

Copper Beech - one of two, originally one of five,
called Estate Trees because they require so much room to grow. 

Crapemyrtle Cultivar (red bark with patches of light gray)

The Cut Leaf Japanese Maple, Weeping Form

Arbor Vitae Thuja Occidentalis cultivar: globosa

Dawn Redwood armpits

Beautiful small Japanese Maple

Upright European Hornbeam with red Winterberry Holly Cultivar berries in front

Extension of small Japanese Maple, right side. Left equally captivating.--come see it!

 Small-Leaved Linden - read Charles Day's post on Wave Hill's blog here: Wave Hill Blog Link

Magnolia buds - with the recent cold, will they bloom? Once they warm  up inside the bud, and sap starts to run, they are vulnerable to the elements.

Thank you to Wave Hill and Charles Day.