Jane Freilicher, 90, New York School Artist Who Dared To Paint Landscapes

“She was not widely known by the general public, but her consistent, steady experimentation earned her intense acclaim throughout her life, particularly from contemporary critics and poets, many of whom were her close friends. In 1958, the poet James Schuyler termed her ‘a poet’s painter who may yet become the public’s painter” – an apt description for her entire career.”

Michael C. Hall on Being Hedwig

“You get [from audience members] the stand-offish, I’m-not-gay-don’t-look-at-me-that-way vibe; you get the I’m-not-gay-but-I’m-kind-of-feeling-funny-in-a-way-that-I’m-not-entirely-uncomfortable-with vibe; you get the I’m-gay-and-I-entirely-approve-of-your-behavior vibe … And I think it’s compelling for a woman to see a man behave as a woman, and it might be liberating for her to watch a man jump off of hoods of cars in platform heels.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.10.14

Excellence Is Heterogeneous
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Conundrum
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Menil Repurposes Sacred Space For Contemporary Art
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Stubbornly Figurative in an Age of Abstraction: Jane Freilicher, 90, Dies
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Other Matters: Risk And Playing From The Heart
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