Watertown’s Storefront Art Projects announced its latest exhibit, “WARM TO THE TOUCH: Recent Paintings by Jo Ann Rothschild,” curated by Elizabeth Michelman.
October 19 – November 23, 2024
Reception, Sat. October 19, 1- 4 pm
Artist Talk: November 16, 2pm
Gallery hours: Thursdays & Saturdays 1 – 4
Storefront Art Projects, 83 Spring St., Watertown, MA
Jo Ann Rothschild has had an enduring impact on contemporary painting in Boston and nationally. In 1993 she was the first recipient of the Museum of Fine Arts Maud Morgan Prize. In 2024 The National Gallery of Art exhibited Mom’s Yahrzeit (2021) in their collection of American abstractionists of the 60s through the 90s. Rothschild’s 92” x 122” un-stretched canvas, In Franklin Field (for Kimberly Rae Harbor (1990), is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts through January, 2025. Rothschild also recently published an updated version of her anti-misogynist “The Book of Penis!” provocative and subversive cartoons first published in 2010 by Pressed Wafer, Boston.
Long identified with her earlier gridded, un-stretched canvases, Jo Ann Rothschild has moved beyond the rectangle to liberate the direct mark. The works in this show speak to each other across walls and around corners. Each painting struggles anew to hold itself together, affirming its heroic survival.
The recent oil paintings in “Warm to the Touch” attest to her ever-deepening dynamic vision as an abstract painter and printmaker. For five decades, Rothschild’s oeuvre has changed and grown. Rothschild’s art channels political energies, social concern and the pleasure of its own making.”
Warm to the Touch at Storefront Art Projects
Gallery conversation with Jessica Roscio, Danforth Museum Director and Curator, Elizabeth Michelman, Curator and Jo Ann Rothschild, Saturday, November 16, 2 p.m. Please RSVP -space is limited, ellen_wineberg@yahoo.com