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L to R: Installation views, "Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s," David Kordansky Gallery, New York, 2022. All images Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle.
Installation view, "Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s," David Kordansky Gallery, New York, 2022. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle.
“Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s," David Kordansky Gallery, New York, New York, 2022
Of this group of works from the 1990s, many not seen for decades, Johanna Fateman wrote in her recent review in The New Yorker: “As with everything on view in this wonderful show, the installation is so gestural and so fluid that it’s easy to forget that the ecstatic whole is composed of brittle parts.”
L to R: “Balustrade Relief Vase 6-94,” 1994. 62 x 47 x 9 in / “Balustrade Relief Vase 97-01,” 1997. 72 x 53 x 8 3/4 in / “Balustrade Relief Vase 96-11,” 1996. 68 1/2 x 74 x 9 in / “Balustrade Relief Vase 96-2,” 1996. 68 x 73 x 10 in / “Balustrade Relief Vase 03-3,” 2003. 48 x 110 x 9 1/2 in / Installation view, "Betty Woodman,” Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy, 2015. Woodman Family Foundation Archives / “Of Botticelli,” 2013. 10 1/2 ft x 32 ft x 3/4 in / “Wallpaper: 16,” 2017. 112 x 209 x 1 in / "Wallpaper: 19,” 2017. 65 x 59 in / “Outside and In,” 2017. 75 1/2 x 120 x 10 1/2 in. Images 1-9: All artworks glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, and paint / Image 10: Glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint, canvas, and wood. 1-4: Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle. All artworks by Betty Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Betty Woodman. “Balustrade Relief Vase 6-94,” 1994. 62 x 47 x 9 in. Glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, and paint © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle.
Betty Woodman's "Balustrade Relief Vases," 1990s: "Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s," David Kordansky Gallery, New York, New York, 2022
The Balustrade Relief Vases, which Betty Woodman began making in the 1990s, were a turning point in her work, in which she fully embraced the space and concerns of painting, through sculptural materials.
Betty Woodman, Italy, 1995. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Betty Woodman, Italy, 1995. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
IN CONVERSATION: Amy Sherlock and Judith Tannenbaum on BETTY WOODMAN moderated by Kyle Dancewicz, SculptureCenter Thursday, December 8, 2022
Please join us at 7 PM on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at SculptureCenter for Amy Sherlock and Judith Tannenbaum on Betty Woodman, a conversation discussing the artist’s life and work during the 1990s, a crucial period in her career.
L to R: Spread from "Some Disordered Interior Geometries," c. 1980-81. Found notebook with artist's 16 lifetime gelatin silver prints, 24 pages + cover. 9 x 6 1/2 in. Included in the exhibition: First edition published by Synapse Press, 1981. | "I'm Trying My Hand at Fashion Photography," 1977, 4 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. Gelatin silver print | “Angels,” c. 1977-78, 3 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. Gelatin silver print. Artist's book image courtesy MACK. All artworks by Francesca Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Spread from "Some Disordered Interior Geometries," c. 1980-81 © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy MACK.
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "Books Revisited," Center for Book Arts, New York, New York, 2022
Each of the works in this exhibition use existing books as raw material, examining ways that narrative, history and knowledge occupy space within and beyond the material and conceptual boundaries of books. Francesca Woodman created a number of artist’s books, attaching her photographs and writings into found books, often from Italy.
L to R: George Woodman, c. 1970s / “Loie with Sculpture as Herself,” 2007. Gelatin silver print / Painting, c. 1970s. Courtesy Remo Brindisi House Museum / George Woodman, c. 2010s. Woodman Family Foundation Archives. All artworks by George Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / SIAE, Rome
George Woodman, c. 1970s. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
ON VIEW: George Woodman in collection of Remo Brindisi House Museum, Lido Di Spina, Italy
George Woodman on view in this collection of Remo Brindisi House Museum, Lido Di Spina, Italy.
L to R: George Woodman. “Beauty is Truth,” 1976. 52 x 52 in. Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy RISD Museum | Francesca Woodman. “Charlie the Model #10,” 1976, 5 5/16 x 5 3/8 in. Lifetime gelatin silver print | Betty Woodman. “Pillow Pitcher: Rain Forest,” c. 1980s. 20 x 24 x 16 in. Glazed earthenware © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
George Woodman. “Beauty is Truth,” 1976. 52 x 52 in. Acrylic on canvas © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy RISD Museum.
RISD Museum Acquisitions
We’re thrilled that RISD Museum has acquired a group of important works by Betty, Francesca, and George Woodman from the Foundation’s holdings through a combination of museum funds and Foundation gifts.
Betty Woodman. “Portuguese Baroque,” 2013, 18 1/4 x 25 x 8 1/2 in. Glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
ON VIEW: Betty Woodman in "Women's Work," Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, New York, 2022
Betty Woodman in “Women’s Work,” Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, New York. On view through September 26, 2022.
Francesca Woodman. “Untitled,” c. 1979. 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s," Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022
As part of an extensive international exhibition tour, “Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s” opens today at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Serbia. Organized by the Sammlung Verbund and drawing on works from their in-depth collections, the exhibition presents photography, video, film and performance by seventy-eight pioneering female artists of the 1970s, including photographs by Francesca Woodman. On view through June 24th.
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1980, 71 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. Archival pigment print © Woodman Family Foundation / VISDA, Copenhagen
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "Women and Change," Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2022
“Women and Change” at the Arken Museum of Modern Art in Denmark considers unfolding depictions of women in Western art history over the past 150 years, a period that roughly parallels the history of the women’s rights movement. The exhibition presents works by 64 international artists that challenge ideas about the body, gender, identity and history, including Francesca Woodman’s “Untitled” (1980).
Francesca Woodman. "Self-Portrait Talking to Vince," c. 1976-77, 5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / IVARO, Dublin
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "girls girls girls," Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland, 2022
Francesca Woodman in “girls girls girls” at Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland. On view April 2 through October 30, 2022. Curated by Simone Rocha.
Edwin Frank, Woodman Family Foundation board member. Image Courtesy The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Edwin Frank, Woodman Family Foundation board member. Image Courtesy The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
WFF Board Member Edwin Frank honored with the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Congratulations to Edwin Frank, Woodman Family Foundation Board member and longtime friend, on being honored with the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a distinguished poet, founder and editor of New York Review Books Classics, and editorial director of New York Review Books.
L to R: “Untitled,” 1979. 3 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. Digital chromogenic print / "1" or "A Woman is a Mirror for a Man #1," 1976, from the "A Woman is a Mirror for a Man" series. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
Francesca Woodman. “Untitled,” 1979. 3 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. Digital chromogenic print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "A Century of the Artist's Studio: 1920-2020," Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, 2022
Francesca Woodman in “A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920-2020.” Whitechapel Gallery, London. February 24 through June 5, 2022.