{"id":8871,"date":"2020-08-16T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8871"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:00:39","slug":"grace-weaver-at-james-cohan-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/16\/grace-weaver-at-james-cohan-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Weaver, Confrontation at James Cohan Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York painter <a href=\"https:\/\/graceweaver.com\/\">Grace Weaver<\/a> describes the sidewalk as a stage in a new body of paintings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamescohan.com\/exhibitions\/grace-weaver2\">James Cohan Gallery<\/a> that showcases young people in awkward situations.\u00a0 Falling down stairs, exchanging glances or crashing into each other on the street, Weaver\u2019s characters self-consciously deal with what life serves up.\u00a0 Here, Weaver humorously recreates a romantic meeting scene as two individuals round a corner and crash into each other.\u00a0 Their immediate intimacy suggests that we know where this story is headed.\u00a0 (On view Tues \u2013 Fri at James Cohan Gallery\u2019s locations on the Lower East Side and in Tribeca by appointment through Sept 12<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Masks and social distancing required.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8872\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/16\/grace-weaver-at-james-cohan-gallery-2\/grace_weaver-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8872\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8872\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grace_weaver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grace_weaver.jpg 1601w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grace_weaver-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grace_weaver-388x400.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace Weaver, Confrontation, oil on canvas, 71 x 69 inches, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York painter Grace Weaver describes the sidewalk as a stage in a new body of paintings at James Cohan Gallery that showcases young people in awkward situations.\u00a0 Falling down stairs, exchanging glances or crashing into each other on the street, Weaver\u2019s characters self-consciously deal with what life serves up.\u00a0 Here, Weaver humorously recreates a &hellip; 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