Brushes with Greatness
W visits the studios of eight women painters who are featured in The Museum of Modern Art’s new exhibit “The Forever Now”—and finds not a single wallflower in the bunch.
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“The studio is where I digest.” -Julie Mehretu. Read more from the artist here.
Mehretu in her studio.
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“The power that a painting can have is always mysterious.” -Charline von Heyl. Read more about this artist here.
Von Heyl in her studio.
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“Don’t get me started on the history of Coney Island.” -Mary Weatherford. Read more from the artist here.
Weatherford with From the Mountain to the Sea, 2014.
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“I’m more interested in things that are awkward and clunky and complicated.”-Amy Sillman. Read more from the artist here.
Sillman with several works from 2013–2014.
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“I like fighting my way through, not knowing what I’m going to do.” -Laura Owens. Read more from the artist here.
Owens in front of wallpaper she designed.
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“I’m always trying to redefine and reposition myself. That’s what you do as an artist.” -Kerstin Brätsch. Read more from the artist here.
Brätsch in her Williamsburg, Brooklyn, studio with one of her pieces.
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“Bernini spent his life making stone look like fabric, I wanted to do the opposite.” -Dianna Molzan. Read more from the artist here.
Molzan with two of her pieces.
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“These portraits are about color, shape, balance, symmetry. It’s as close to pure formalism as I’m probably ever going to get.” -Nicole Eisenman. Read more from the artist here.
Eisenman with works in progress.
