![]() ![]() These wonderful paintings can be viewed in a new and entrancing way when their protagonists are endearing cats. Susan Herbert turns her eye to the works of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. Twenty detachable posters featuring celebrated artist Susan Herbert’s charming feline re-imaginings of scenes from some of the greatest plays in English literature. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, Susan Herbert presents an irresistible array of well-known characters in the great Shakespearean plays, from the tragic Romeo and Juliet to the mischievous Titania, from the beautiful Cleopatra to the roguish Falstaff. There are a variety of ways in which you can access Susan Herbert's wonderful artwork. If that's a little more than you were wanting to pay, then you're in luck. Here's one piece, available as of June 2019: Hearts are Trumps (Millais) £1,450 If that's what you are looking for then Chris Beetles Gallery website is a great place to browse. Original works by Susan Herbert will set you back anything from several hundreds, to several thousands of pounds. Her re-interpretations of iconic imagery manage to celebrate not just the world of cats but also the works that her cats wittily inhabit. Her work is instantly recognisable both because of her style, but often also because the original subject matter from which she drew her inspiration was a well known piece of art / movie poster / or theatrical character. Stay tuned for details of Summer Show 2….Susan Herbert (1945 - 2014) was one of the most distinctive contemporary feline artists. Last, but certainly not least, we are showing two photographs by Seydou Keïta whose work we will be opening our fall season with and whose estate we are now representing in America in collaboration with the Contemporary African Art Collection of Jean Pigozzi (CAAC).We hope you will come by the gallery in our new home at 980 Madison Avenue and we wish you a happy summer! In addition to our longtime relationships with Susan Derges and Karen Knorr (collectively now over 50 years!) the gallery has always sought to collaborate with artists we do not necessarily represent, so we are also showing photographs by Sally Mann, Bruce Weber, and Daniel Gordon. Andy Warhol has always been a touchstone for the gallery and we are showing two of his unique collages of women ‘s lips along with Ulrike Rosenbach’s 1969 feminist response to Warhol’s famous “Elvis” paintings. Another theme is experimental process as seen in works by Adam Fuss, Christopher Bucklow, Susan Derges, Farrah Karapetian, and Petra Cortright (who we look forward to exhibiting in November).Īnother artist we look forward to showing is Risaku Suzuki whose deep engagement with nature and landscape can be seen in an image from his ongoing series of photographs of cherry blossoms. In keeping with the general practice of summer shows many of the works are luminous and beautiful while at the same time engaging with the history of the medium in original and challenging ways.įrom Edward Steichen’s view of late afternoon Venice to Harry Callahan, Helmut Newton, and Thierry Cohen’s images – water is a subject that the gallery has frequently embraced. Celebrating the gallery’s 30 th anniversary we will be presenting two different exhibitions with a mix of pictures that look forward and backwards at the gallery’s history. ![]()
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