The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation

09/21/2023

Reminder that we have public visiting hours every Thursday-Saturday from 11AM-6PM

We thought we should share some of the Milton Resnick selections that did not make it onto the walls for our current exhibition, U+ME: Milton Resnick and Matthew Wong, curated by Alex Paul Chapin, presented in association with

The exhibition catalogue, designed by features most of these works, as well as a deeper look at the poetry of both artists. Available via link in bio!

The artwork of Milton Resnick is exclusively represented by

1.
You and Me and an Angel, 1994
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches

2.
Untitled, 1986-2003
Gouache on paper
14 1/8 x 20 inches

3.
You and Me, 1993
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches

4.
Untitled, 1986-2003
Gouache on paper
12 x 18 inches

5.
Untitled, 1991
Gouache on paper
14 1/8 x 19 5/8 inches

© 2023 The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York

09/01/2023

One more week until we open U + ME: Milton Resnick and Matthew Wong, an exhibition of Paintings and Poetry, curated by Alex Paul Chapin and presented in association with the Matthew Wong Foundation.

The exhibition is accompanied by a limited edition catalogue designed by the curator, which includes 46 color plate reproductions, 14 poems, curatorial statement, and an introductory essay by

Opening reception: Friday, September 8, 6-8pm, 87 Eldridge Street

08/19/2023

08/18/2023

In association with the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation presents U + ME: Milton Resnick and Matthew Wong, curated by Alex Paul Chapin.

Opening reception Friday, September 8 from 6-8pm at 87 Eldridge Street.

Milton Resnick
Untitled, 1991
gouache on paper
19 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches
© 2023 Milton Resnick & Pat Passlof Foundation

Matthew Wong
Untitled, 2016
acrylic on paper
12 x 9 inches
© 2023 Matthew Wong Foundation

07/15/2023

Today is the last day to see The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag.

This group exhibition features pieces by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-Recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee, Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

The Foundation will be open to the public until 6pm this evening.

Hamlet’s Mill #43, 2002
Oil on linen
Courtesy Resnick Passlof Foundation and Eric Firestone Gallery, NY

07/07/2023

The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag, closes at the Foundation next Saturday, July 15.

This group exhibition features pieces by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-Recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee, Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is open to the public Thursday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm, and by appointment.

Pictured:
Candida Alvarez
Magnify, 2020-2021
Acrylic, polymer paint, glitter, and UV-cured ink on canvas
Courtesy of the artist and Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles | Palm Beach

06/29/2023

“I am compelled by painting that seduces, rather than declares, and this is a kind of ‘soft power’ I associate with the feminine. The space of desire between longing and having—which painting, particularly abstraction, ultimately represents—is its power.” – Jennifer Samet

Thank you to those who attended “Soft Power,” last night’s event with Jennifer Samet in conversation with our director Susan Reynolds. The Feminine in Abstract Painting, curated by Samet and Andrea Belag, remains on view at the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation through July 15, 2023. This group exhibition features works by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-Recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee, Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

The Foundation is open to the public Thursday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm. We will be closed to visitors this Saturday, July 1 for the Fourth of July holiday.

Pictured:
Jiha Moon
Haetae (nocturnal), 2022
Ink, acrylic, and ceramic on Hanji mounted on panel
Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York

06/02/2023

Next week from June 5-7 we will be hosting the Annual Artists Legacies Conference presented by CPAL.

More info at https://cpal-info.com

Tickets at https://Eventbrite.com/e/center-for-the-preservation-of-artists-legacies-annual-cpal-conference-tickets-630273524077?aff=ebdssbeac

05/24/2023

“To Whom the Shoe Fits,” an evening of performances by Ensemble Pi ( ) that explore the essence of the creative process through words, music, dance and images is Tonight!

Wednesday, May 24
7 - 9pm

05/19/2023

Milton Resnick: The New York Studio School Talks 1968-1972
Introduction by David Reed is now available!

The Resnick NYSS Talks were transcribed and edited by Geoffrey Dorfman and first published by MidMarch Arts Press in Out of the Picture: Milton Resnick and The New York School, 2003. This new edition is introduced by the artist David Reed, a student at the New York Studio School who attended the talks and spent time at an artists residency in Roswell, NM with Resnick.

(Hard cover, 158 pages, 2 photographs, b/w.)

05/17/2023

Milton Resnick: Insignias is open on the third floor of the foundation.

Insignias, a small exhibition of paintings by Milton Resnick (1927-2004) on view until July 15, 2023. This series was conceived toward the end of Resnick’s life between 2002-2004.

“The late work of Resnick displays his engagement with the human figure for the first time, but 'man' serves primarily as an abstract element in the painting, an interruption, or rip within the continuous expansion of an articulated field ... We have here an Adam not fashioned by clumsy Neolithic hands but incarnated by irritating the pigment, a transubstantiation of flesh into pigment …” - Geoffrey Dorfman

05/11/2023

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation presents a reading by the poet Lee Ann Brown. She will be introduced by the poet Charles Bernstein. Please join us on Thursday, May 18. The reading will begin at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Tickets are available online now for $7 (+ fees) or $10 at the door the day of the reading. Seating capacity is limited to 50.

In 1989, Brown founded Tender Buttons Press, which is dedicated to publishing experimental poetry by women and other gender expansive beings. Lee Ann Brown is author of over seven books of poetry including her most recent Oh You Nameless and Unnamed Ridges (1080press, 2022), a collaboration with Bernadette Mayer.

Cover design by Emrys R. Torn.

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04/27/2023

The exhibition catalogue for The Feminine in Abstract Painting, featuring the essays Soft Power, by Jennifer Samet and Painting and Its Others: In the Realm of the Feminine by Shirley Kaneda from Arts Magazine, 1991, is now available! Come get one at the foundation (87 Eldridge street) or buy one online (Resnickpasslof.org) (link in bio).

04/26/2023

Reminder: The Feminine in Abstract Painting Panel Discussion is Tomorrow

Thursday April 27, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Moderator Andrea Belag and co-curator Jennifer Samet will discuss the exhibition with participating artists PamGlick, Claire Grill, and Erika Ranee. All seats are currently
reserved.

If you have not yet reserved a seat, the discussion will be streamed live on our Instagram.

If you reserved a seat and your plans have changed, please email us letting us know that you can no longer attend. We will update the eventbrite page if more seating becomes available.

04/26/2023

Reminder: The Feminine in Abstract Painting Panel Discussion is Tomorrow
Thursday April 27, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Moderator Andrea Belag and co-curator Jennifer Samet will discuss the exhibition with participating artists Pam Glick, Claire Grill, and Erika Ranee. All seats are currently reserved.

If you have not yet reserved a seat, the discussion will be streamed live on our Instagram.

If you reserved a seat and your plans have changed, please email us letting us know that you can no longer attend. We will update the eventbrite page if more seating becomes available.

04/06/2023

The Feminine in Abstract Painting explores the feminine through aesthetics, not identity or gender. The show considers the historical basis for our associations with the feminine, and draws attention to how we determine what to categorize as such.

The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag is on view now. This group exhibition includes paintings by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-Recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee, Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

The Foundation is open Thursday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm.

Pictured:
Lecia Dole-Recio
Untitled, 2023
Gouache, acrylic, oak gall ink, graphite, glue, paper, canvas, and wood
25 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 1 inches
Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles;
Mexico City

03/16/2023

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is pleased to present The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag opens today!

March 16 2023 - July 15 2023

Opening Reception March 16, 5 - 7 PM

This group exhibition includes paintings by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-Recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee, Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

Pictured:

Mary Heilmann
Broken Wave, 2022
Acrylic and paper mache pulp on wood and panel
10 x 26 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches
Courtesy the artist and 303 Gallery and Hauser & Wirth

03/14/2023

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is pleased to present The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag and on view from March 16, 2023 - July 15, 2023.

This group exhibition includes paintings by Etel Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Jiha Moon, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee , Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Lesley Vance.

The Feminine in Abstract Painting explores the feminine through aesthetics, not identity or gender. The show considers the historical basis for our associations with the feminine, and draws attention to how we determine what to categorize as such.

Pictured:

Pam Glick
Untitled, 2021
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 inches

Photo: Jason Wyche
Courtesy the artist

03/09/2023

“I choose linen because I like its inconsistency. It is gnarly, nubby, and imperfect. There is a lot to work with in the very beginning. I consider the ground and the substrate, and if there is anything magical that happens when the two of them come together. The ground has to have as much presence or integrity as the paint.” - Clare Grill

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is pleased to present The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag and on view from March 16, 2023 - July 15, 2023.
Imagined for the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation with care to contemporary gender discourse, The Feminine in Abstract Painting synthesizes six years of thought between Samet and Belag. Samet describes the feminine as a slippery concept, but a rewarding one, one worth the risk.

Pictured:

Clare Grill
Fray, 2022
Oil on linen
46 x 42 inches

Photo: Adam Reich
Courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York

02/28/2023

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is pleased to present The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag and on view from March 16th 2023 - July 15th 2023.

The Feminine in Abstract Painting explores the feminine through aesthetics, not identity or gender. These artistic choices, for example, being the utilization of an open-ended process and vulnerability. One has to recognize the trauma of having works by women described as “feminine” disparagingly, as something an artist could try to overcome. However, through today's lens perhaps we can analyze and develop a richer understanding of the feminine, one that is not defined to success, or rather lack thereof. The show considers the historical basis for our associations with the feminine, and draws attention to how we determine what to categorize as such.

This group exhibition includes paintings by Etal Adnan, Candida Alvarez, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Lecia Dole-recio, Pam Glick, Joanne Greenbaum, Clare Grill, Mary Heilmann, Shirley Kaneda, Al Loving, Rebecca Morris, Jamie Nares, Pat Passlof, Sandra Payne, Erika Ranee , Miriam Schapiro, Peter Shear, Alan Shields, Amy Sillman, and Leslie Vance.

Imagined for the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation with care to contemporary gender discourse, The Feminine in Abstract Painting synthesizes six years of thought between Samet and Belag. Samet describes the feminine as a slippery concept, but a rewarding one, one worth the risk.

Pictured:

Lisa Beck
Coming Together, 2023
Oil paint and mylar on two panels
Diptych, 16 x 12 inches (each)

Photo: Charles Benton
Courtesy Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York

02/10/2023

Milton Resnick: Insignias open March 16th, 2023.

Insignias, a small exhibition of paintings by Milton Resnick (1927-2004) on view March 16, 2023 - July 15, 2023. Insignias, the series was born at the end of Resnick’s life between 2002-2004. The insignias allude to content much the same as the allegories do ... The crosses and X forms are likely abstracted from his figures which frequently have their arms outstretched ... There is something satirical and even humorous in these insignias that can never seem to locate their center.

02/08/2023

Milton Resnick: 1980s — a selection of rarely seen figurative as well as more commonly known abstract paintings from Milton Resnick ranging in date from 1971-1989 – is on view through February 25, 2023.

Pictured:
Milton Resnick
Debris, 1971
Oil on canvas
80 x 204 inches

12/16/2022

A selection of works by Pat Passlof opens tomorrow, Saturday, December 17, in the group exhibition “A Show About Nothing” at Eric Firestone Gallery, 4 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, New York. The works on paper range in date from 1998 to 2002 and showcase the vibrancy of Passlof’s palette.

“A Show About Nothing” also includes artists Judy Bowman, Michael Boyd, Charles DuBack, Jorge Fick, Mimi Gross, Varnette Honeywood, Jamillah Jennings, Ted Kurahara, Sana Musasama, Joe Overstreet, Jeanne Reynal, and Paul Waters.

A reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, December 17, 5-7pm.

12/10/2022

Join us this Monday, December 12th, at 7pm for BioDiversity, a performance by the New York New Music Ensemble . The program includes works by Katherine Balch, Christopher Biggs, Mario Davidovsky, and Liza Lim.

Tickets are on sale at nynme.org via the link in bio.

12/03/2022

Milton Resnick

Winter X, 1975
Oil on canvas
90 x 80 inches

11/22/2022

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation will be closed this week, November 24 through 26, for Thanksgiving. We will reopen December 1 with regular hours. We wish you a happy holiday.

Image: Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof cooking, 1950s. From the archives of Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof.

11/19/2022

Milton Resnick

Hearts and Darts, 1957
Oil on paper mounted on linen
26 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches

11/16/2022

Join us tomorrow evening, Thursday, November 17, for a talk on Milton Resnick at Van Doren Waxter Gallery. Klaus Ottman—curator, writer, and chief curator emeritus of the Phillips Collection—and Geoffrey Dorfman—painter, Milton Resnick biographer, and a trustee of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation—will be in conversation in response to Milton Resnick: Hawkeye, an exhibition of the artist’s work from 1972 to 1979.

The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Gallery’s 23 East 73rd Street townhouse. No RSVP is required.

Image: Installation of Milton Resnick, Hawkeye 6, 1972, acrylic on paper mounted on linen, 50 x 38 inches, in Milton Resnick: Hawkeye. Courtesy Van Doren Waxter Gallery.

11/12/2022

A vitrine of materials from the archive of Milton Resnick is currently on view at Van Doren Waxter Gallery. The materials, all dating from the 1970s, have been selected in conjunction with the works in Milton Resnick: Hawkeye.

The materials include photographs, exhibition materials, and correspondence.

Milton Resnick: Hawkeye will be on view at 23 East 73rd Street from November 3 to December 23, 2022. A catalogue with an essay by Klaus Ottmann is available.

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation thanks the Thendara Foundation for supporting our archives.

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Images 1-2: Vitrine of archival materials. Courtesy Van Doren Waxter Gallery

Image 3: Untitled, 1976, acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches; Untitled, 1976, acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy Van Doren Waxter Gallery.

Image 4: Untitled, 1975, acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches; Untitled, 1976, acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches. Courtesy Van Doren Waxter Gallery.

Image 5: Vitrine of archival materials alongside Untitled, 1975, acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches; and Untitled, 1976, acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches

11/05/2022

Lisa Corinne Davis
Hypnotic Hypothesis, 2022
Oil on canvas
70 x 55 inches

In the catalog essay for Given Time, curator Molly Sullivan writes on Davis’s interests in identity and information:

“How the larger world responds to her identity as a light skinned Black woman motivates her interest in the malleability of information. She wants to control the equilibrium of her painting. Warping, twisting, destabilizing the object window frame, tunneling [...] Gaming, computer imagery, and digital color have crept into her visual vocabulary because Davis is interested in the cinematic tracking and plotting of color through multiple layers. She doesn’t want her paintings to feel digital, but to float in and out of the visceral and the concrete.”

Given Time is on view now. Open hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. A catalog featuring the full text of Sullivan’s essay is available at the Foundation bookstore and on resnickpasslof.org.

Image 1: Lisa Corinne Davis, Hypnotic Hypothesis, 2022, oil on canvas, 70 x 55 inches

Images 2-3: Installation view of Given Time. On left, Milton Resnick, Terrene, 1986, oil on canvas, 75 x 45 inches. On right, Lisa Corinne Davis, Hypnotic Hypothesis, 2022, oil on canvas, 70 x 55 inches

Image 4: Detail, Lisa Corinne Davis, Hypnotic Hypothesis, 2022, oil on canvas, 70 x 55 inches

10/24/2022

SoHo Arts Network (SAN) is pleased to present its Fall 2022 program: Downtown Culture Walk, a self-guided walking tour highlighting the nonprofit art spaces in SoHo and surrounding neighborhoods. SAN seeks to further growth of the arts through collaborative public programs set to explore the neighborhoods’ rich cultural histories.

On Saturday, October 29, members of SAN—including the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation—will open their doors from 12pm to 6pm for Downtown Culture Walk, inviting participants to discover and enjoy our creative community. Walk-throughs, open hours, and other programming will be offered throughout the day for free or reduced admission.

Participating SAN members include apexart; CIMA – Center for Italian Modern Art ; Grey Art Gallery, New York University ; Judd Foundation ; Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art ; The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation; Soho Photo Gallery ; Swiss Institute ; The Drawing Center ; and The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation .

Art in America is the media partner for Downtown Culture Walk.

A map of all participating organizations and a programming schedule is available at the link in bio.

10/22/2022

Pat Passlof

AS- Brown, 1959
Oil on linen
50 x 58 inches

A recent acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

10/19/2022

Join us tomorrow evening, October 20, at 7 p.m. for the premier of “Sound Paintings,” music in response to the exhibition “Milton Resnick: 1980s.”

A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase on our website via the link in bio.

Arranged by Edith Korman, the program will include work by Kaija Saariaho, Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Eleni Ralli, as well as live improvisation.

Image: Milton Resnick, Untitled, 1983, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 inches

10/15/2022

David Reed
#662, 2013-17
Acrylic, alkyd, and oil on polyester
33 x 66 inches
(Courtesy Larry Gagosian)

On view in Given Time, a group exhibition of paintings by Milton Resnick, David Reed, John L. Moore, Lisa Corinne Davis, and Yevgeniya Baras, curated by Molly Sullivan.

In her curatorial essay, Sullivan describes Reed’s use of light and color:

“Reed’s early interest in light, both Baroque and digital, presents itself in the sleek, photo-montaged feel of the surfaces of his paintings. His works introduce seduction and illusion into the language of abstraction. The canvases entice with their color-glow, paint-drenched surfaces. [...] The color flashes, slows, loops. There is a suggestion of a narrative at once romantic and sensual, possibly perilous.”

Given Time is on view now. Open hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. A catalog featuring the full text of Sullivan’s essay is available at the Foundation bookstore and on resnickpasslof.org.

Image 1: Installation view of Given Time. From right to left: Yevgeniya Baras, Untitled, 2013-2020, cotton, wood, paper pulp, and oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches; John L. Moore Hope, 2019, oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches; John L. Moore, Dark I, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches; David Reed, #766, 2020-22, oil and alkyd on polyester, 76 x 12 inches; David Reed, #662, 2013-2017, acrylic, alkyd, and oil on polyester, 33 x 66 inches (courtesy Larry Gagosian).

Image 2: David Reed, #662, 2013-2017, acrylic, alkyd, and oil on polyester, 33 x 66 inches (courtesy Larry Gagosian)

Images 3-4: Detail, David Reed, #662, 2013-2017, acrylic, alkyd, and oil on polyester, 33 x 66 inches (courtesy Larry Gagosian)

10/12/2022

A selection of paintings by Pat Passlof is on view now at Frieze Masters London. Presented by Eric Firestone Gallery, “Paintings by Pat Passlof” celebrates the artist’s contributions to Abstract Expressionism. The selection focuses on Passlof’s paintings of the late 1950s and early 1960s when she lived and worked on 10th Street in the center of New York’s post-war art community.

The fair opens with VIP Preview Days on October 12 and 13 with public days from October 14 through 16.

Image 1: Pat Passlof, Untitled, 1958-59, oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches

Image 2: Pat Passlof, Untitled, 1959, oil on linen, 42 x 36 inches

10/08/2022

Yevgeniya Baras

Untitled, 2013-2020
Cotton, wood, paper pulp, and oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches

On view in Given Time, a group exhibition of paintings by Milton Resnick, David Reed, John L. Moore, Lisa Corinne Davis, and Yevgeniya Baras, curated by Molly Sullivan.

In her curatorial essay, Sullivan describes the narrative possibilities present in Baras’ compressed, emphatically physical surfaces:

“Dream space, folklore, and the unconscious mind inform the action of her paintings. Children’s memories, for example, are often formed in chaotic and non-narrative impressions—room, sky, patterns etched into the sidewalks one walked along on the way to school, the still shadows of the nearby woods, a neighbor’s front door color. Baras’s canvases often read like memories mined from the conscious and subconscious, travels between the present and the past.”

Given Time is on view now. The Foundation is open Thursday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. A catalog featuring the full text of Sullivan’s essay is available at the Foundation bookstore and on resnickpasslof.org.
baras

10/01/2022

Last year, the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation began the construction of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Papers: two archival research collections composed of the artists’ personal and professional papers. The archive, roughly 50 cubic feet in size, includes correspondence, exhibition records, writings and drafts, photographs, tools, and other materials dating from the 1860s to 2011.

Currently housed on-site at 87 Eldridge Street, the archive will be made open to researchers when processing is complete. In the meantime, we hope to share pieces of the collection as they are processed.

These photographs of Resnick and an excerpt from his correspondence with Pat Passlof are part of a selection of archival materials from the 1970s. They will be exhibited alongside Resnick’s “Hawkeye” paintings at Van Doren Waxter Gallery this November 3 through December 23.

Image 1: Milton Resnick by Gerald Bailey, 1976

Image 2: Letter / poem from Milton Resnick to Pat Passlof, “Passover Poem to Pat,” 1974

Image 3: Milton Resnick by Gerald Bailey, 1976

09/24/2022

“Pat Passlof: The Eighth House Paintings” showcases a number of small oil on linen works from 2003. Selected from a series entitled “The Eighth House,” the paintings demonstrate Passlof’s late interest in geometric forms. “Eighth House” is a reference to Passlof’s interest in astrology, which she practiced passionately for several decades.

The critic and curator Karin Wilkin wrote of Passlof’s work during the period:

“Passlof [...] seems to have achieved with maturity a marvelous combination of mastery and willingness to be surprised by what she does. Each of the brushy, urgent paintings [...] was a discovery of uncharted possibilities; each seemed newly improvised even when it obviously was part of a related group. Passlof is ready to try anything. She flirts with candy pinks and playful spots, deploys unmoored triangles and bone shapes, builds up furry, layered surfaces, drags speedy lines across them or ploughts them into shimmering bands, (rightly) trusting the personality and virtuosity of her touch to animate and unify the result. [...] Passlof’s best paintings are both self-sufficient and powerfully expressive. They make you think about the irrationality of the act of painting–that intensely serious, but playful process of transferring sensuous stuff to a surface–and, at the same time, they compel you to consider the accumulated thinking, living, and feeling that magically charges every stroke.”

“Pat Passlof: The Eighth House Paintings” is on view on the Foundation’s third floor through February 25, 2023.

Image 1: Eighth House #20, 2003
Oil on linen
30 x 20 inches

Image 2: Eighth House #8, 2003
Oil on linen
30 x 20 inches

Image 3: Eighth House #17, 2003
Oil on linen
30 x 20 inches

Text excerpt: Wilkin, Karen. “At the Galleries.” Parisian Review, 70, no. 1 (Winter 2003): 113-124. Accessed via the Pat Passlof Papers, an archive in development onsite at the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation.