Strange Impressions - Romaine Brooks, David Zwirner
Strange Impressions - Romaine Brooks, David Zwirner Selections from Romaine Brooks's unpublished memoir No Pleasant Memories expose the psyche and practice of this underrecognized queer, female…
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Strange Impressions - Romaine Brooks, David Zwirner
Selections from Romaine Brooks's unpublished memoir No Pleasant Memories expose the psyche and practice of this underrecognized queer, female artist.Most known for her bold and darkly painted portraits, Brooks was revolutionary in her feminist renderings of women in resistance. While many of her male counterparts were disfiguring and cubing their subjects--often women--Brooks gave personhood and power to the figures she painted. Openly queer, she challenged conceptions of gender and sexuality in her art, which also served as her refuge.
Her frank approach to her complicated relationship with her mother, faith, wealth, sexuality, and gender is complemented by a keen wit that echoes the gray tones of her work.Though her paintings are held in major collections, Brooks's influence in modernist circles of the early twentieth century is largely underexplored. This new