"Fishwatching Triptych," by Brad Davis, 1981
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"4-Panel Screen," by Jane Kaufman, 1984
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
"Slavic Dancers," by Robert Kushner, 1978
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"Gates of Paradise," by Miriam Schapiro, 1980
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"Visions Beyond the Pearly Curtain," by Robert Kushner, 1975
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"Untitled," by Tony Robbin, 1970
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"Collaboration: Mary Cassatt and Me," by Miriam Schapiro, 1976
Photo: Librado Romero/The New York Times
"Untitled," by Tony Robbin, 1976
Photo: Gift of William D. and Norma Canelas Roth
"Little Fan," by Miriam Schapiro, 1975
Photo: Courtesy of Danielle Dutry
Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision in American Art, 1975-1985
October 27, 2007 – January 20, 2008
This first comprehensive survey of the Pattern and Decoration Movement (P&D), it explores the work of 11 artists prominent within the movement in the 1970s — Cynthia Carlson, Brad Davis, Valerie Jaudon, Jane Kaufman, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Kim MacConnel, Tony Robbin, Miriam Schapiro, Ned Smyth, and Robert Zakanitch.
The exhibition was organized by the Hudson River Museum and guest curator Dr. Anne Swartz, and will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue showing the scope, history, and legacy of the movement and includes essays by Arthur Danto, Temma Balducci and John Perreault.
For more information please visit: The Hudson River Museum
-Joanne Molina










