I saw the #SixtiesSurreal exhibit at The Whitney last year.

It really broadened my view of the type of art that can be included in the genre. Now I need to go back to my photos and see if and Ted Joan.

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New York folks, catch #SixtiesSurreal at The Whitney before it closes

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cakes, cocktails, gigiveaways, an Afro-Dance class taught by Ailey Extension, photo booth #ArtSky

Fritz Scholder's Indian and Rhinocerous painting below is part of #SixtiesSurreal at The Whitney until January.

The exhibit highlights the influence and use of surrealism during a turbulent time in American #history, the 60's through 70's.

A very diverse roster of artists are included.

Sixties Surreal: new exhibition offers an alternative view of the decade At New York’s Whitney museum, a new show finds ways to highlight the less dominant artistic forces of the era

An enrolled member of the Luiseño tribe, Fritz Scholder's statement shows the cruel absurdity of the US govt's relationship with Native Americans: the BIA within the Dept of the Interior enforced policies to terminate tribal authority and relocate and assimilate Indigenous people.
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Painting of a young Black man with brown skin, a short neat afro, and reflective sunglasses wearing a long white trench coat, tailored white trousers, and Black shoes on a white background. Elegant and attractive Black people in white-on-white is a Hendricks trademark.

This was in #SixtiesSurreal but it could also have fit into the COOL sections of #Superfine : Tailoring Black Style.

Think they had a Barkley L. Hendricks, too. 🤔
#ArtSky #BlackSky

Steve, 1976
Acrylic and oil on linen

Barkley L. Hendricks
b. 1945; Philadelphia,PA
d. 2017 New London, CT

Screenprint that looks like a red box of Sunmaid raisins that is changed to show a skeleton dressed as the Sunmaid holding a basket of grapes in front of yellow sun. The box says: SUN MAD RAISINS, UNNATURALL GROWN WITH INSECTICIDES, MITICIDES, HERBICIDES, FUNGICIDES Museum text: Much of Hernandez's work is informed by the challenges of rural life, which she learned of firsthand through her parents' experiences working on farms. In this screenprint, the artist replaced the Sun-Maid Raisins mascot with a smiling "mad" skeleton. Hernandez hoped her print would "unmask the truth behind the wholesome figures of agribusiness" by suggesting the health dangers faced by agricultural workers exposed to pesticides. Though created slightly later than many works in this gallery, Hernandez's Sun Mad is part of a history of recognizable figures used to communicate revolutionary ideals during the 1960s and '70s.

Hernandez's parents worked on farms.

She hoped her print would "unmask the truth behind the wholesome figures of agribusiness" and show the health dangers faced by agricultural workers.

Sun Mad, 1982
Ester Hernández, b. 1944
Chicana and American with Mexican and Yaqui heritage

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large painting of a bride in a white dress who has the head of a cat. She's holding a bouquet and a giant rat on a leash. multicolored fish swim in the air behind her.

Lovely.

The Bride, 1970
oil, enamel, and glitter on canvas

Joan Brown, 1938-1990

from #SixtiesSurreal exhibit

The actor Sal Mineo was the model for this 1962 painting by Harold Stevenson entitled The New Adam, a reimagining of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco #SixtiesSurreal #Whitney

Whitney Museum's "Sixties Surreal" opening celebrated 1960s art, showcasing Surrealism's dreamlike style reflecting diverse cultural shifts from civil rights to space exploration. With 100+ striking pieces, it honors boundary-breaking voices of the decade. #whitneymuseum #sixtiessurreal #surrealism

Linda #Lomahaftewa, Untitled Woman's Faces, #1960s
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