Judith Linhares, Three Works

Through July 13th in our window vitrine on Railroad Street (just off Main Street) in North Canaan, CT


WORKS

Judith Linhares
Interpreter’s House, 2000
Oil on linen
40” x 60”

Judith Linhares
Frog, 1996
Oil on canvas
42” x 48”

Judith Linhares
Easter Bells, 2001
Oil on canvas
40” x 60”

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Judith Linhares emerged from the San Francisco art scene of the 1960s and 1970s—where art, craft, popular music, and comic book culture coexisted seamlessly. When she arrived in New York in the 1980s, her unique vision was mostly an open secret among other artists. It wasn’t until more recently that these informal visual references became as utilized as they are today. Curator Marcia Tucker featured her in the influential 1978 New Museum show, Bad Painting, and in the 1984 Venice Biennale show, Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained: American Visions of the New Decade. Far ahead of her time, Judith Linhares has always grounded her imagery in the subconscious—an under-consciousness that moves her scenery and animates her characters. Beneath her Beach of Eden scenes, Circus Tents, Woodcutter's Hut, Nursery Tigers and Animated Flowers is the real—where everything is represented. We are very fortunate to be showing these paintings from 1996-2001.