Zimmerli Gallery Visit

Trail Blazers of the 20th Century

This collection's paintings and sculptures are all modern. The paintings seem more conceptual, with amorphous shapes and high-contrast colors, while the sculptures go in a more emotional direction. The piece "Dark Reflections" by Louise Nevelson is made of convex and concave wooden pieces assembled together and then spray painted black and turns out to be a decidedly morose piece.

Favorite Piece:

• Jacques Lipchitz - The Suppliant (1943)
  

Blocks of Color

This is a collection of wood-cut printmaking. These artists took inspiration from Japanese art and employed a similar technique. The prints take on a watercolor-like quality and some don't even look like prints, appearing to be made with brush strokes. There are woodcut only prints that appear to be made with the brush, but there are also some pieces that combine both woodcuts and brushwork.

My favorite pieces:

• Berth Lum - Fisherman (1912)
• Sybil Andrews - The New Cable (1931)