Hyperallergic Includes Fanny Sanín's Exhibition on Its Must-See Summer Shows List
Hyperallergic Includes Fanny Sanín's Exhibition on Its Must-See Summer Shows List
Americas Society's exposition is "Sanín's first solo in the city she’s lived in for 54 years," says the art publication.
Summer in the city is an Italian ice from a cart, lounging in the park with a book and a tallboy, taking the scenic route (I’m partial to the ferry) because you’ve got nowhere to be and, damn, it’s nice out. It’s also an invitation to get out of your borough (looking at you, Manhattan and Brooklyn) — and what better way to do so than by following our list of 20 shows across all five? [...]
We’ve got shows marking anniversaries — the Art Students League turns 150, Jane Austen turns 250 — and celebrating beginnings, such as abstract painter Fanny Sanín’s first solo in the city she’s lived in for 54 years. And we’ve got surveys galore, centering lauded artists at the height of their careers, like portraitist Amy Sherald; those we’ve recently lost, such as the late painter Jack Whitten; and those we’ve recently recovered from history, like photographer Consuelo Kanaga. Smell the flowers, slow it down — and see some art. [...]
Fanny Sanín: Geometric Equations
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Through July 26
Large-scale paintings, smaller compositions, pencil studies, and collages come together in this exhibition of Colombian-born artist Fanny Sanín, whose six-decade career has largely been dedicated to geometric abstraction. It is the artist’s first institutional survey in New York City, where she has lived and worked for the past 54 years.
