“Stuart Davis (1892–1964) ranks as a preeminent figure in American modernism. With a long career that stretched from the early twentieth century well into the postwar era, he brought a distinctively American accent to international modernism.”
“With approximately 100 works, from the paintings of tobacco packages and household objects of the early 1920s to the work left on his easel at his death in 1964, In Full Swing will highlight Davis’s unique ability to assimilate the imagery of popular culture, the aesthetics of advertising, the lessons of Cubism, and the sounds and rhythms of jazz into works that hum with intelligence and energy.“
“In Full Swing: The Art of Stuart Davis”
Until September 25, 2016
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, NYC 10014
(Image: “Fin”, 1962–64. Casein and masking tape on canvas)
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