Spotlight: An Exhibition at Keyes Art Revives the Work of Abstract Expressionist Painter Nela Arias-Misson
"Nela Arias-Misson: Faith" is on view in Sag Harbor through December 23, 2022.
ARNET - Why We Like It: The exhibition “Nela Arias-Misson: Faith,” presented by Keyes Art, is a welcome opportunity to reevaluate the artist’s standing, given that women’s contributions were often overlooked during that period. The influence of Hofmann and AbEx as well as later developments in painting are evident in works like Untitled (1961), which achieves the flattened sense of space typical of Hofmann, but adds gestural paintwork and a distinctive color palette. Organized by painter George Negroponte, the show brings together an exemplary selection of Arias-Misson’s work illustrating the progress and achievements that she realized both on a personal artistic level, as well as within the development of abstraction in the 20th century.
