Robert Kushner selected for “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1, 2015 /
Three works by Robert Kushner have been selected for “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1.
Robert Kushner’s Samba Class (1982) featured in “Why ‘Greater New York Matters’ for the International Art World” by Ben Davis for Artnet News.
Robert Kushner, Torrid Dreams, 1984, acrylic, silk and cotton appliqué on cotton. Photo by Pablo Enriquez for MoMA PS1.
Robert Kushner, Composition in Green and Pink, 1982, mylar and dotted Swiss reverse appliqué on printed cotton. Photo by Pablo Enriquez for MoMA PS1.
Robert Kushner, Samba Class, 1982, acrylic on cotton with sequin and mylar reverse appliqué. Photo by Pablo Enriquez for MoMA PS1.
Robert Kushner, Kansetsu Garden and Museum, Kyoto, Japan /
Robert Kushner
TENDERNESS AND THORNS
September 1 – September 27, 2015
Hakusasonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden and Museum
Kyoto, Japan
I was commissioned to create a large scale installation piece (above), Camellias and Cacti, painted on transparent fabric, measuring 12’x 42′, which will hang freely in the middle of Kansetsu’s Atelier. It will be exhibited, along with a selection of five major works on canvas. I will be at the opening on September 9, the birthday of Kansetsu. The show continues through September 27. If you are in Kyoto, please join me. The Kansetsu Garden and Museum are not to be missed.
Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883 – 1945) was a Kyoto-born artist who was heavily influenced by Chinese art and culture. His home and gardens in a quiet, old corner of Kyoto, have been turned into a museum and the surroundings provide a tasteful and inspiring backdrop for my work.
It is always a pleasant treat to receive invitation proofs from Japan:
Dorothy Browdy Kushner – California Modernist Painter /
Dorothy Browdy Kushner, Red, casein on board, 40×30″, mid 60s.
With Mother’s Day around the corner, I’d like to pay tribute to my own mother by introducing a project I’ve been working on for quite some time.
Dorothy Browdy Kushner was a committed and skilled California modernist painter. She was my first teacher, critic and supporter. For the last year, I have assembled images of her work and biographical text into a website on her work. I hope that this will serve to introduce her and her diverse works to those interested in what women were painting in an earlier era. I am convinced that there are many more stories like hers out there that are owed their due–women who painted from their hearts with gusto and intelligence, whose work is worth reassessment and enjoyment. I invite you to peruse and enjoy Dorothy’s artwork (and life) online. Your feedback and thoughts are welcome.
http://www.dorothybrowdykushner.com
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, especially those whose creative work blended seamlessly with their commitments to motherhood to serve as an inspiration to those of us who have followed.
Robert Kushner: Paintings and Collages, Texas Gallery, May 14 – June 20 /
Robert Kushner: Paintings & Collages
May 14 through June 20, 2015
Opening Thursday, May 14, 6-8pm
Texas Gallery
2012 Peden Street
Houston, Texas 77019
Robert Kushner’s “Happy Hour,” Holly Solomon’s Living Room, New York Magazine /
Holly and Horace Solomon’s Living Room
Some time in the mid 1970s, Holly Solomon, always a defiant arbiter of good taste, decided that her golden yellow sofa needed recovering. Instead of pursuing her goal in a traditional way, she invited Kim MacConnel, whose work she had been collecting along with my own, to paint on it instead. Kim created a true work of art, a touchstone for his further explorations in furniture re-purposing. To the left of the couch is a later MacConnel end-table-cum-lamp. I decorated the blue silk throw pillow with acrylic pastry tube extrusion to try to match the exuberance of Kim’s couch. Some time later, Holly and Horace acquired my acrylic on cotton painting, Happy Hour (acrylic on cotton, 1980), and soon thereafter completely redecorated their living room. Happy Hour on the wall (replacing three Roy Lichtenstein Cathedral paintings), the couch and lamp/table in front, and a marvelous Ken Price ceramic completed the ensemble. Voilà. Maximum impact for a New York drawing room.
Featured in New York Magazine‘s Spring Design 2015: “18 Architects and Interior Designers on Their Favorite Rooms of All Time,” April 20, 2015.
Patois: Robert Kushner at Offramp Gallery, CA, April 12 – May 17, 2015 /
Offramp Gallery is pleased to present
Patois
a solo exhibition of works on paper by Robert Kushner
April 12 – May 17, 2015
Opening reception: Sunday, April 12, from 2-5 pm
In the more than 40 works in Patois, Kushner juxtaposes broad bands of gold leaf and gestural painted flowers with ephemera — including ancient texts in myriad languages, as well as musical scores, book covers, end papers, postage stamps and illustrations. He creates an exotic garden woven from many languages that ultimately speaks in one lively, unique voice.
Offramp Gallery
1702 Lincoln Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
Two Pink Roses, 2011, oil, gold leaf and acrylic on book pages, 18 1/4 x 25”
