Known for portraits of her friends and circle that recall the color and lighting of early 20th century European avant-garde painting, Hope Gangloff has refocused her recent paintings on images of plants in nature and indoors. Her still vibrant palette and energetic compositions are as enticing as ever as she turns a screen into a glittering backdrop for a still life showcasing hardy succulents and the artist’s essential tools. (On view at Susan Inglett Gallery in Chelsea through Nov 30th).
This ‘Front Door Still Life’ by New York painter Hope Gangloff updates the still life genre with invigorating blasts of color. A timepiece and flowers nod to traditional Dutch still life reminders of the brevity of life while keys and a canister of Chinese tea speak of going places and a Reagan stamp on one piece of mail references the politics of the day. (At Chelsea’s Susan Inglett Gallery through April 22nd).
Do you think Hope Gangloff’s friend Yelena likes patterns? With abundance that recalls Matisse post-Morocco, the upstate painter gives us an explosion of color and design to delight the senses. (At Chelsea’s Susan Inglett Gallery through June 6th).
Hope Gangloff, Yelena, acrylic and collage on canvas, 82 x 45inches, 2015.
Hope Gangloff’s pasty-skinned subjects are likened to hip updates on Egon Schiele’s or Gustave Klimt’s characters but the men and women in her latest solo show at Chelsea’s Susan Inglett Gallery – like this picture of ‘Lydia (The Tattooed Lady)’ – seem to be having a lot more fun. (Thanks to Nancy on last Saturday’s tour for a link to Groucho Marx’s ode to Lydia!) (Through March 23rd).
Hope Gangloff, Lydia (The Tattooed Lady), acrylic/canvas, 2013.
