Jasper Johns Retrospective in LA

There is a huge Jasper Johns exhibition at The Broad, a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, until May 13, 2018. On display are more than “120 extraordinary paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings by one of America’s greatest artists.”

 “One hopes for something resembling truth, some sense of life, even of grace, to flicker, at least, in the work”  Jasper Johns, 2006

 Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’ 

The Broad

221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

(Image: Cicada II, 1981)

 

 

Images From The Struggle At The High!

The High Museum in Atlanta presents civil rights photographs from 1956–1967. “This installation of over forty photographs examines the history and legacy of the civil rights movement. Iconic prints drawn from the High Museum’s celebrated collection demonstrate the power and potency of photography during that significant era, while contemporary works point to the ongoing struggle for equal rights.”

 

 “A Fire That No Water Could Put Out”: Civil Rights Photography

Until April 29, 2018

High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA

(Image: “Grass Roots Organizer”, 1968)

The Art Of The Draw At AIC

Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing:

 

 “A witness to political revolutions and radical aesthetic shifts, Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) forged a pictorial sensibility of his own, characterized by anatomical, gestural, and psychological extremes. Bizarre, exaggerated, theatrical, and often melodramatic, his drawings embraced obscure literary and historical subjects intended to elicit profound emotional response.”

Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing

Until April 1, 2018

AIC / The Art Institute of Chicago

111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il

(Image: Henry Fuseli. The Cave of Despair, c. 1769)

Elegant Portraits At The Whitney

In the show, Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined, the artist “creates intimate drawings that explore the complexity and malleability of identity…Rendered life-size in charcoal, pastel, and pencil, Ojih Odutola’s figures appear enigmatic and mysterious, set against luxurious backdrops of domesticity and leisure. “

Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined

Whitney Museum of American Art

Until February 25, 2018

(Image: Wall of Ambassadors, charcoal, pastel & Pencil 2017)