"Jew" in NYC Museum, Through October 7, 2012

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William Anastasi, Untitled (Jew), 1987, oil on canvas.
The Jewish Museum, New York : Gift of the artist , 1987-115a-d. Photo by John Parnell.

NEW YORK---Word Symbol Space, a selection of works by six contemporary artists, will be on view at The Jewish Museum in the final gallery of its permanent exhibition, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, from August 11 through October 7, 2012. These post-1970 works from the Museum's collection all respond to mid-twentieth-century modernism. Each uses the language of abstraction - areas of pure color, geometric shapes, and gestural brushwork - and adds to it, incorporating words and symbols with specific personal, historical, and cultural meanings. Artists represented include William Anastasi, Ross Bleckner, Dana Frankfort, Alain Kirili, Brigitte NaHoN and Frank Stella. [link]