“Portraits of Ancient Linen: Gail Rothschild - Recent Works” Exhibition
The National Arts Club
[Image: Gail Rothschild "A Selvedge Was Preserved" (2014) Acrylic on canvas]
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Marquis Gallery
Her capacious Portraits of Ancient Linen series marks the sculptor Gail Rothschild ‘s return to painting. Rothschild began the series in response to years of creating site-specific installations - most of which were destroyed.
In these paintings, Rothschild magnifies fragile, archaic fragments of textile into a heroic scale. The iconic sculptural shapes reveal that what is woven will eventually unravel and that which grows will eventually decay. The artist represents her source material, humble remnants of cloth uncovered in archeological digs, as worthy subjects of portraiture. In a culture of disposable images, Rothschild’s subject is time and the elusiveness of permanence.
Born in New York City, Gail Rothschild graduated from Yale with a BA (cum laude). Shown at museums internationally, her work has been exhibited at MOMA, PS1, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the University of South Wales.
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Schedule
from February 02, 2015 to February 21, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-02-02 from 18:00 to 20:00