Andy Warhol, Alex Katz, Robert Indiana, and Carrie Mae Weems are among the artists featured in an extraordinary new online show at the Mishkin Gallery. The 41 pieces include abstract paintings, mixed media, and photos that take the viewer from the South Bronx to Beverly Hills to the Wounded Knee massacre site. Pictured here is Elliott Erwitt’s 1969 photo of the beach at Amagansett, New York, with a flag, umbrella, and toppled fence. Also on display are several of Milt Hinton’s images of African American performers like Ella Fitzgerald, and one of Walker Evans’ famous Depression-era photos.
Black-and-white photo of beach umbrella, toppled fence and American flag on the sand
Elliott Erwitt’s 1969 photo of the beach at Amagansett, New York

The exhibition is called Reframing America: Works from the Baruch College Art Collection. The show was organized by students in Weissman’s MA program in arts administration as part of a course called “Contemporary Issues in Curating.” Student curators each identified three works from Baruch’s collection that resonate with their understanding of what American identity would mean to these artists, as seen through the lens of today.

See the show online here. 

Published by Beth Harpaz