Hollis Taggart will Represent Leading Pop Artist Idelle Weber
Gallery will Open Exhibition of Weber’s Work on November 8, 2018
October 16, 2018
New York, NY—October 16, 2018—Hollis Taggart announced today that the gallery will begin formally representing Idelle Weber, a major figure in the Pop Art movement, but one whose work deserves greater recognition. The gallery has had a multi-year relationship with Weber, beginning with its 2013 exhibition Idelle Weber: The Pop Years. Organized by the gallery, that 2013 show helped bring Weber back into the forefront of contemporary thinking about mid-century women artists—and led to the acquisition of a major Weber works, including the painting Munchkins I, II, & III (1964) by the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2013, and the Jump Rope (1967–1968) wall sculpture, by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2016.
In conjunction with this new relationship, Hollis Taggart will present an exhibition of Weber’s work this fall, the gallery’s third show in its new, street-level space on West 26th Street. Opening November 8, 2018, the exhibition will focus on Weber’s work from the 1960s, with a few earlier and later works as well. The exhibition, titled Idelle Weber: Postures and Profiles from the 50s and 60s, will feature more than 30 works, including Lucite cube sculptures, collages, and gouache and tempera on paper works. These works address some of the themes that occupied and inspired Weber throughout her career, including the corporate world, fashion, politics, and women in society.
Hollis Taggart to Inaugurate New Space in September with Major Acquisitions Show
July 30, 2018
In September, Hollis Taggart will inaugurate its new street-level gallery at 521 W. 26th Street, with an exhibition of significant recent acquisitions, including works by Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, and Theodoros Stamos. The gallery will concurrently open a private viewing and storage annex across the street, with visits available by appointment. This consolidates the gallery’s operations in Chelsea, where it first moved in 2015. Together, the spaces provide Hollis Taggart with nearly 4,000-square-feet to host exhibitions and engage clients with select works of art in its inventory. The inaugural exhibition, which will open to the public on September 6, will be followed by an exhibition of mid-career and emerging artists, organized by independent curator Paul Efstathiou, in October, and a solo exhibition of works by acclaimed Pop artist Idelle Weber in November.
Idelle Weber at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
'Giant Steps: Artists and the 1960s'
June 30, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019
Assembled from the Albright-Knox’s expansive collection, Giant Steps: Artists and the 1960s features major works by some of the leading artists of the period—such as Bridget Riley, Frank Stella, and Pop icon Andy Warhol—and reconsiders those who played an underrecognized, but vital, role in furthering the visual avant-garde in the United States and beyond.
Photo credit: Idelle Weber, Reflection (detail), 1962, Liquitex on Berges #62 linen, 79 x 71 inches. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Idelle Weber at LACMA
'Hidden Narratives: Recent Acquisitions of Postwar Art'
February 17, 2018–January 6, 2019
Hidden Narratives brings together a selection of recent acquisitions from LACMA’s growing collection of modern and contemporary art.
Image Credit: Idelle Weber, Jump Rope, 1967-68, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 2016 Collectors Committee (M.2016.143). © Idelle Weber. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
‘This Spring Ritual, This Frenzy of Buying’: A Weekend With LACMA’s Collectors Committee as It Votes on Acquisitions
By Catherine G. Wagley for ARTNEWS
April 18, 2016
Hollis Taggart Galleries places sculpture by important female Pop artist, Idelle Weber in LACMA’s permanent collection.
Chrysler Museum Acquires Original “Mad Men” Painting by Neglected Pop Artist Idelle Weber
September 30, 2013
Hollis Taggart Galleries places three works by female Pop artist Idelle Weber in the Chrysler Museum of Art's permanent collection including Weber's monumental work Munchkins, I, II, & III (1964).
ON-CAMPUS POP ART EXHIBITION GOES BEYOND WARHOL
By Dana Sorkin for The College Voice
April 8, 2013
Review of Pop Goes The Easel At Lyman Allyn Museum. Hollis Taggart artists Idelle Weber and Marjorie Strider are included in this exhibition.
Art pops off the walls at Lyman Allyn
By Kristina Dorsey for The Day
March 17, 2013
Review of Pop Goes The Easel At Lyman Allyn Museum. Hollis Taggart artists Idelle Weber and Marjorie Strider are included in this exhibition.
'Pop Goes The Easel' At Lyman Allyn In New London
By Susan Dunne for The Hartford Courant
March 14, 2013
Review of Pop Goes The Easel At Lyman Allyn Museum. Hollis Taggart artists Idelle Weber and Marjorie Strider are included in this exhibition.
MARJORIE STRIDER AND IDELLE WEBER at the Lyman Allyn Museum
'Pop Goes the Easel: Pop Art and its Progeny'
March 2013
March 2 through August 10, 2013
Pop Goes the Easel explores Pop Art of the 1960s and its impact on painting, printmaking, and sculpture in the decades that followed. Curated by Dr. Barbara Zabel, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Connecticut College, this exhibition includes works by the male Pop artists Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Indiana, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as works by women artists who received less attention, including Idelle Weber, Marjorie Strider, and Niki de Saint Phalle.