Tag: Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Kathy Ruttenberg at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Kathy Ruttenberg’s signature human/animal hybrids debuted on New York City streets this winter as large-scale sculptures in the Broadway malls project, a public art project located between 64th and 157th Streets on Broadway.  This macquette for a sculpture on 157th Street, currently on view at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, brings her storytelling back to an intimate scale as a human-bodied stag pursues a quixotic romance with a confined mermaid.  (On view on 57th Street at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art through March 8th).

Kathy Ruttenberg, Fishbowl Maquette, ceramic, acrylic, wood, plaster, 20 x 24 x 26 inches, 2016/18.

Pamela Joseph at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Pamela Joseph’s censored paintings of iconic artworks, including the rendition of Matisse’s Blue Nude pictured here, look like humorously overzealous attempts to stop objectification of female bodies. In fact, Joseph is recreating the distortions imposed by Iranian censors on art books in Iran. (At Francis M. Naumann Fine Art on 57t Street through May 22nd).

Pamela Joseph, Censored Blue Nude by Matisse, oil on linen, 30 x 48 inches, 2014.