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Lois Dodd - Day and Night - Exhibitions - Alexandre Gallery

Lois Dodd: Day and Night Installation View

Alexandre Gallery is pleased to announce Lois Dodd: Day and Night.

This exhibition, her twelfth with the gallery, will present twenty-three recent small-scaled paintings on panel and larger scale paintings on canvas that depict Dodd’s familiar motifs such as gardens, houses, interiors and views from windows, in the context of day and night. Dodd’s paintings are freshly focused on light and the changing seasons through their timely categorization. In a 2013 review of Dodd’s work, the critic Roberta Smith wrote, “She always searches out the underlying geometry but also the underlying life, and the sheer strangeness of it all.” Dodd, now eighty-seven, is an iconic figure of the early New York Tenth Street art scene, along with her contemporaries, such as Alex Katz and Philip Pearlstein.

 

Lois Dodd studied at the Cooper Union in the late 1940s. In 1952 she was one of the five founding members of the legendary Tanager Gallery, among the first artist-run cooperative galleries in New York. Dodd is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy. In 1992 she retired from teaching at Brooklyn College. It has been said that her work is an example of New England simplicity, like Shaker furniture or small-town eighteenth-century churches. Since 1954 her work has been the subject of over fifty one-person exhibitions. In 2012 the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art organized a traveling retrospective of Dodd’s work titled “Catching the Light.” Alison Ferris writes in the accompanying Kemper catalogue:

Dodd’s sophisticated spontaneity and an extraordinarily refined understanding of the elements of composition invite us to enter her paintings with ease. Once there, we discover the complexity of a composition that holds our interest and, in turn, invites us to slow down as Dodd has, to observe, absorb, and contemplate. In this way Dodd’s gift to us in her paintings is the opportunity to pause in a world fraught with nonstop frenetic energies. We can escape from the ordeals of modern life to places like Maine, where nature appears to offer the potential of transformation. But transformation, Dodd generally shows us, is not intrinsically related to place, but rather, is possible in what we make of our extraordinary, if not sometimes mundane, everyday world.

Installations

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Photograph showing a view of an exhibition space with seven paintings hanging on a white wall
Photograph showing corner view of an exhibition space, with six painting hanging on white walls
Lois Dodd
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with nine small framed paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with one large paintings and eight small framed paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a detail of an exhibition, with two shelves containing ten small paintings
Photograph showing a view of an exhibition space
Photograph showing a view of an exhibition space with seven paintings hanging on a white wall
Photograph showing corner view of an exhibition space, with six painting hanging on white walls
Lois Dodd
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with nine small framed paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with one large paintings and eight small framed paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a detail of an exhibition, with two shelves containing ten small paintings

Selected Works

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Painting showing a view looking out from an interior window at a dark building at night with lights emanating from fifteen windows

15 Night Windows, 2016, oil on Masonite, 18 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

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Painting of a view from an interior window at night, looking out at a dark building with four lighted windows, with the top of a chair in the foreground

Chair, Night Window, 2016, oil on Masonite, 20 x 15 7/8 inches

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Painting of an interior, partially-curtained window looking out at a building and falling snow outside

March Snowstorm, 2015, oil on Masonite, 19 1/2 x 10 inches

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Painting of a view from an interior window at night, looking out at two dark buildings with light emanating from eight windows

Night City Window, 2015, oil on Masonite, 15 x 12 inches

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Painting of a flowering pink tree against a white brick wall with a strip of bright green grass in the background

Second Street Crabapple Tree, 2015, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 1/2 inches

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Painting of a white house with snow on the roof and windows and a leafless tree in the background

Roof, Tree, Window Frost + Snow, 2015, oil on Masonite, 20 x 14 inches

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Painting of a view from a curtained interior window, looking out at a snow-covered yard, fence and trees

Kitchen Window with Snow, 2015, oil on Masonite, 19 7/8 x 12 inches

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Painting of a winter landscape

Across the Delaware at the Gap, Feb., 2015, oil on Masonite, 10 x 15 inches

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Painting of a laundry line with one pink cloth hanging from it, with a small building surrounded by a green landscape in the background

Pink Towel + Chicken House, June, 2015, oil on Masonite, 11 7/8 x 19 1/8 inches

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Painting of a tree with white flowers and a grey sky in the background

Cherry Blossoms + Gray Sky, 2015, oil on Masonite, 13 x 8 inches

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Painting of a white flowering tree with a blue sky with white clouds and a field of green grass in the background

Cherry Tree + Clouds, 2015, oil on Masonite, 14 x 11 7/8 inches

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Painting of a view from an interior window, looking out at an abstracted green tree with red apples

Apple Tree through Barn Window, September, 2015, oil on Masonite, 16 1/8 x 19 7/8 inches

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Painting of a green landscape with a small building on the left side and a cluster of yellow flowering plants in the center

Jerusalem Artichokes, September, 2015, oil on Masonite, 17 x 17 3/4 inches

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Painting the side of a building with a window missing several panes of glass in the center

Shed Window, 2014, oil on linen, 66 x 48 inches

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Painting of a view from an interior window covered in rain, looking out at buildings and a tree

Rainy Window, NYC, 2014, oil on Masonite, 20 x 16 inches

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Painting of the outside of a house at night, with light emanating from one window and two large trees in the yard

Night House with Lit Window, 2012, oil on linen, 48 x 72 inches

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Painting of a green landscape with two small buildings, a laundry line with a yellow cloth hanging from it and various garden equipment in the grass

Wheelbarrow, Laundry Line, etc. in Yard, 2012, oil on Masonite, 12 x 24 inches

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Painting of a leafless tree covered in tufts of snow with a grey sky in the background

February Blizzard, Second Street, 2011, oil on Masonite, 12 x 12 inches

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Painting of a dark tree behind a mound of snow, surrounded by a snow-covered landscape

Snow Tree, 1986, oil on Masonite, 12 x 7 3/4 inches

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Painting of an interior window with steam on the glass, looking out at a yard

Steamed Window, 1980, oil on linen, 36 x 28 inches

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Painting of a nocturnal landscape, with a half moon rising above a tall leafless tree and a small building below

Moon & Shack, 1976, oil on linen, 72 x 18 inches

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Painting of two dark buildings at night

View of Barn at Night, 1976, oil on Masonite, 18 1/2 x 18 inches

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Painting of a full moon in a dark sky

Moon at Truro Beach, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a yellow full moon behind a group of leafless trees, with a dark cloud overhead

Yellow Moon, Gray Cloud and Trees, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a yellow sun in a pink sky behind a group of brown trees

Yellow Sun, Bare Trees, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a dark, fog-covered landscape

Fog, July, 2010, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a dark, mottled cloud formation over the peak of a roof

Cloud Formation, 2009, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a mottled cloud formation over a dark building and group of trees

Cloud Formation #1, July, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a full moon in a cloudy sky over a dark line of trees

Clouds, Moon & Line of Trees, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of a nocturnal landscape, with two large trees illuminated by a street light in the foreground, and a dark building in the background

Night Light Rock Gardens Inn, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of the moon behind a mottled cloud formation and a group of dark trees in the lower left corner

Cloud Formation #3, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting of the outside of a building at night, with light streaming out from one window

Lighted Window in Fog, 2003, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

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Painting showing a view looking out from an interior window at a dark building at night with lights emanating from fifteen windows

15 Night Windows, 2016, oil on Masonite, 18 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

Painting of a view from an interior window at night, looking out at a dark building with four lighted windows, with the top of a chair in the foreground

Chair, Night Window, 2016, oil on Masonite, 20 x 15 7/8 inches

Painting of an interior, partially-curtained window looking out at a building and falling snow outside

March Snowstorm, 2015, oil on Masonite, 19 1/2 x 10 inches

Painting of a view from an interior window at night, looking out at two dark buildings with light emanating from eight windows

Night City Window, 2015, oil on Masonite, 15 x 12 inches

Painting of a flowering pink tree against a white brick wall with a strip of bright green grass in the background

Second Street Crabapple Tree, 2015, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 1/2 inches

Painting of a white house with snow on the roof and windows and a leafless tree in the background

Roof, Tree, Window Frost + Snow, 2015, oil on Masonite, 20 x 14 inches

Painting of a view from a curtained interior window, looking out at a snow-covered yard, fence and trees

Kitchen Window with Snow, 2015, oil on Masonite, 19 7/8 x 12 inches

Painting of a winter landscape

Across the Delaware at the Gap, Feb., 2015, oil on Masonite, 10 x 15 inches

Painting of a laundry line with one pink cloth hanging from it, with a small building surrounded by a green landscape in the background

Pink Towel + Chicken House, June, 2015, oil on Masonite, 11 7/8 x 19 1/8 inches

Painting of a tree with white flowers and a grey sky in the background

Cherry Blossoms + Gray Sky, 2015, oil on Masonite, 13 x 8 inches

Painting of a white flowering tree with a blue sky with white clouds and a field of green grass in the background

Cherry Tree + Clouds, 2015, oil on Masonite, 14 x 11 7/8 inches

Painting of a view from an interior window, looking out at an abstracted green tree with red apples

Apple Tree through Barn Window, September, 2015, oil on Masonite, 16 1/8 x 19 7/8 inches

Painting of a green landscape with a small building on the left side and a cluster of yellow flowering plants in the center

Jerusalem Artichokes, September, 2015, oil on Masonite, 17 x 17 3/4 inches

Painting the side of a building with a window missing several panes of glass in the center

Shed Window, 2014, oil on linen, 66 x 48 inches

Painting of a view from an interior window covered in rain, looking out at buildings and a tree

Rainy Window, NYC, 2014, oil on Masonite, 20 x 16 inches

Painting of the outside of a house at night, with light emanating from one window and two large trees in the yard

Night House with Lit Window, 2012, oil on linen, 48 x 72 inches

Painting of a green landscape with two small buildings, a laundry line with a yellow cloth hanging from it and various garden equipment in the grass

Wheelbarrow, Laundry Line, etc. in Yard, 2012, oil on Masonite, 12 x 24 inches

Painting of a leafless tree covered in tufts of snow with a grey sky in the background

February Blizzard, Second Street, 2011, oil on Masonite, 12 x 12 inches

Painting of a dark tree behind a mound of snow, surrounded by a snow-covered landscape

Snow Tree, 1986, oil on Masonite, 12 x 7 3/4 inches

Painting of an interior window with steam on the glass, looking out at a yard

Steamed Window, 1980, oil on linen, 36 x 28 inches

Painting of a nocturnal landscape, with a half moon rising above a tall leafless tree and a small building below

Moon & Shack, 1976, oil on linen, 72 x 18 inches

Painting of two dark buildings at night

View of Barn at Night, 1976, oil on Masonite, 18 1/2 x 18 inches

Painting of a full moon in a dark sky

Moon at Truro Beach, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a yellow full moon behind a group of leafless trees, with a dark cloud overhead

Yellow Moon, Gray Cloud and Trees, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a yellow sun in a pink sky behind a group of brown trees

Yellow Sun, Bare Trees, 2015, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a dark, fog-covered landscape

Fog, July, 2010, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a dark, mottled cloud formation over the peak of a roof

Cloud Formation, 2009, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a mottled cloud formation over a dark building and group of trees

Cloud Formation #1, July, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a full moon in a cloudy sky over a dark line of trees

Clouds, Moon & Line of Trees, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of a nocturnal landscape, with two large trees illuminated by a street light in the foreground, and a dark building in the background

Night Light Rock Gardens Inn, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of the moon behind a mottled cloud formation and a group of dark trees in the lower left corner

Cloud Formation #3, 2008, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches

Painting of the outside of a building at night, with light streaming out from one window

Lighted Window in Fog, 2003, oil on aluminum flashing, 5 x 7 inches