At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World at David Zwirner Gallery Los Angeles through 2 November 2024

“Like Chekhov, I am a collector of souls…if I hadn’t been an artist, I could have been a psychiatrist.”-Alice Neel

At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World

David Zwirner Gallery

September 7—November 2, 2024

Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 10 AM-6 PM

Los Angeles

606 N Western Avenue

90004 Los Angeles CA

 

“Whether I’m painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I’m not working, I’m still analyzing people.”-Alice Neel

Adrienne Rich, 1973

Paul Kuyer, 1959

Dennis Florio, 1978

Ballet Dancer, 1950

Allen Ginsberg, 1966

Martin Jay, 1932

Christopher Lazare, 1932

 

"I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct… Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing – what the world has done to them and their retaliation." -Alice Neel

 

Andy Warhol, 1970

 

 Richard Gibbs' Friend, 1962

 Mary Garrard, 1977

 David and Catherine Saalfield, 1982

 

Richard Gibbs, 1968

 

 Brian Buczak, 1983

 

 Frank O'Hara, No 2, 1960

 

 Annie Sprinkle, 1982

 

 Bella Abzug, 1976

 

Mayor Koch, 1981

 

  Henry Geldzahler, 1967

 

 Robert Avedis Hagopian, 1971

 Jackie Curtis as a Boy, No 2, 1972

 

 Kris Kirsten, 1971

John Cheim, 1979

 

 “I thought you had to give up a lot for art, and you did. It required complete concentration. It also required that whatever money you had had to be put into art materials.” - Alice Neel

 

I spent part of my birthday with Alice Neel at the David Zwirner Gallery. I loved every minute of it and I hope to return before it closes on the 2nd of November.

I'm still thinking about the exhibit and what I saw. I hope that sharing it here will inspire you and to encourage you to look closely at her work and the people she painted. 

 

If you're in Los Angeles, you have until November 2nd to see the exhibit. I'd strongly encourage you to GO.

“The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself.”-Alice Neel

 

Please visit  

Explore more information on Neel and her subjects

David Zwirner Gallery for more information on each of the works

Installation views

At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World | Special Episode | DIALOGUES (34 minute video)