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Mary Heilmann: to be someone
“To be someone” at the New Museum
(until 26 January, 2009) is her first
New York retrospective.
In a moment when painting and
sculpture in their most traditional
form are no longer displaying the
appeal they did some time ago, Mary
Heilmann – the “painter’s painter”
as critics have described her – is
going against the grain and successfully
attracting attention by painting
large coloured canvases that pay
homage to the abstract and minimalist
tradition while drawing ironically
on her own personal everyday world.
“To be someone” at the New Museum
(until 26 January, 2009) is her first
New York retrospective that, along
with her paintings, includes ceramics,
sculpture, fabrics and furniture
created over her 40-year career. E.S.
