On a recent visit I got to see new work in process by my dear pal Leslie Baum. She has been exploring and stretching in her painting practice for a while now. It is in a great place.
Inspired by this image of Helen Frankethaler:
Helen Frankenthaler in Life Magazine
Leslie is making two environments of painted tarps. The cloths I saw in progress are the kind of environment that one can really enter into. Boldly she will be showing Mountain and Sea as a two-venue solo-painting exhibition in two locations:
4th Ward shows MOUNTAIN and sea starting 6 March to 15 April
St Xavier College will host mountain and SEA 17 February to 22 March
As if this wasn’t enough, she brought my hubby and I to the Art Institute where there is this show of Buddhist Monk's robes.
Kesa, Buddhist monk's robe at the Art Institute of Chicago
So much cutting and recombining lushly!
Kesa, Buddhist monk's robe at the Art Institute of Chicago