Kinship: Dusti Bongé and Betty Parsons to open at Hollis Taggart’s expanded flagship location in Chelsea

 

 

 

Dusti Bongé, Betty Parsons. Courtesy Hollis Tagart

The exhibition captures the significance of network and relationship-building among women within the art ecosystem at midcentury, with Parsons leveraging her own success as a gallerist to bring forward Bongé’s innovative vision and work.

Hollis Taggart will present Kinship: Dusti Bongé and Betty Parsons, an expansive exhibition on the illustrious but lesser-known career of artist Dusti Bongé and her devoted friendship with legendary gallerist and artist Betty Parsons. On view from October 13 to November 12, 2022, the exhibition is the first to examine Bongé’s close personal and professional ties with Parsons and the ways in which their relationship shaped Bongé’s career. The show also marks the official opening of Hollis Taggart’s expanded flagship location in Chelsea, which nearly triples the gallery’s size. Now occupying the ground and second floors at 521 W. 26th Street, the gallery boasts more than 6,800 square feet of exhibition, private viewing, and storage space.

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‘I Stood There Once: New Paintings by Bill Scott’ to Open at Hollis Taggart in September, 2022

 

 

 

Bill Scott, Flowers for a Long-ago Painter, 2022. Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm) Image courtesy of the gallery.

On September 8, Hollis Taggart will open I Stood There Once: New Paintings by Bill Scott, a selection of vibrant, abstracted landscapes completed between 2021 and 2022. The oil paintings evoke the views and sensations of time spent in nature, from suggestions of brilliantly colored flowers and trees to the intimate experience of seeing blazing spots after staring at the sun. The exhibition, Scott’s ninth solo show with the gallery, will feature more than 20 never- before-seen works that capture Scott’s incredible use of color and emotive gesture.

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Francis Hines: Unwrapping the Mystery of New York’s Wrapper at Hollis Taggart Southport, CT & Chelsea, NYC

 

 

 

Francis Hines, Untitled, 1986; Hardpoint pastel on Arches paper mounted on wood with synthetic fabric wraps, 52 x 72 in. (132.1 x 182.9 cm)

We were intrigued by a story that first caught our eye on Twitter. The few lines we read were about a dumpster-diving car mechanic who retrieved artwork that turns out to be the work of ‘wrapper-artist’ Francis Hines.

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Solo Exhibition by Artist Suchitra Mattei: Herself as Another at Hollis Taggart

 

 

 

Suchitra Mattai, Herself as another, 2022; Acrylic, gouache, cord, trim, earrings, and family necklace, 66 x 72 in. (167.6 x 182.9 cm)

Hollis Taggart will open its door to artist Suchitra Matta’s first solo exhibition, Herself as Another. Mattai’s multidisciplinary practice explores, unravels, and re-imagines commonly understood and entrenched histories and cultural perceptions. With her newest work, Mattai brings her incisive critique to an examination of the way society “others” populations that it deems different, placing particular focus on the experiences of immigrants and those dealing with mental illness. Through more than a dozen mix-media paintings, fiber sculptures, and installations, Mattai grapples with the fears and mythologies that drive people to ostracize and the impacts those actions have on the “other.” Herself as Another follows Mattai’s breakout New York presentation in Hollis Taggart’s two-person show, History Reclaimed in 2020, and the artist formally joining the gallery in January 2021. The exhibition will remain on view through March 12, 2022, at the gallery’s primary location in Chelsea at 521 W. 26th Street.

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