2023 Art Expo
Mary Abbott (1921-2019), Singing, no date, 75x70 Tom McCormick proudly hung this magnificent, elegiac piece above the desk in his booth at the fair, and I pity him for selling it. But if dealers hung onto all the beautiful things they acquired, how could they stay in business? I used to be affronted by the wanton, dramatic self centeredness of the post-war New York School - especially since it totally replaced the more responsible, civic minded figurative American art that preceded it. Gradually, however, I’ve come around to enjoying it - especially when it is joyful instead of angry and depressing. And what greater social ideal could there be than the proliferation of joy? But I do miss the many more landscapes, cityscapes, and non-Afro figure paintings that used to come to this fair, like in 2011 , for example. Poojah Pittie, b. 1977, Oceans Deeply, 60x60, acrylic on canvas, 2023 Angry and depressing? Maybe just a bit. I would not want to ...