A movement-defying modernist’s work is having its first major exhibition. The collection of Italian-born American artist Joseph Stella’s masterpieces is currently on display at Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, soon making its way to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, writes Natasha Gural for Forbes.
But this collection is not staying in the South.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford co-organized the exhibition along with the High. In June of 2023, the collection will make its way to the Brandywine Valley. ‘Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature’ Awakens The Artist’s Legacy Beyond Bridges’ takes viewers beyond his famous cubist and moody depictions of New York City.
The awe-inspiring, psychedelic ‘Tree of My Life’ painting, and the alternative take on Madonna, ‘Purrisima’, are the kinds of pieces that will grace the walls.
“Stella was considered a visionary, even among the most progressive artists of his day,” said Stephanie Heydt, a curator at the High Musem of Art.
“Much of his emotional and spiritual life centered on his relationship with nature, and the exhibition offers the unique opportunity to revisit Stella through this lens,” she said.
The exhibit will run at the Brandywine Museum of Art from June 17 to Sept. 24 next year.
Read more about the exhibit in Forbes.
