“POISONOUS TOMATOES OF AMERICA”. NEW SCHOOL YORK

 

Appropriating the famous quote "Poisonous tomatoes of America" by the North American poet Allan Gingsberg, the Blanca Soto gallery embarks on a journey through American painting from the second half of the 20th century with an exhibition of graphic work that covers the different currents and trends that appeared from abstract expressionism. The exhibition constitutes a reconstruction of the history of 20th century art supported by top-level artists with works belonging to the heyday period in which they stood out, as well as more recent works from the past decade. It is an atypical exhibition because the gallery space becomes a true theme park divided into an "urban area" and another of a more "rural" nature, on which an artificial grass surface has been placed, which houses, among other , the porcelain puppies by Jeff Koons and the Calico Bunnies by Claes Oldenburg. Works by Matta, Burgeois and Wesselmann stand out, as well as an etching by Serra and a Black Flag by Robert Longo that conceptually reminds of Badiola's ikurriñas, without forgetting, of course, Ed Ruscha. 

 

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