https://chris.zarate.org/tags/modernism/ Recent content in Modernism on ∅ Hugo en-us Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:55:08 +0000 https://chris.zarate.org/art/lunch-at-the-hirshhorn/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:55:08 +0000 https://chris.zarate.org/art/lunch-at-the-hirshhorn/ <figure class="photo size-xl"> <img alt="" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" sizes="(max-width: 42rem) 100vw, 60rem" src="https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_a55ab6755687c896.webp" srcset="https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_a55ab6755687c896.webp 400w, https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_d907844b3d4c4365.webp 800w, https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_b56c1f6626e1093e.webp 1200w, https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_900c7780153c5cf5.webp 1600w, https://chris.zarate.org/uploads/IMG_8684_hu_8f7824bbd46e6570.webp 2400w" style="aspect-ratio: 0.7499338449325218" > <figcaption>“The Attraction of Pink,” Janet Sobel, 1945</figcaption> </figure> <blockquote> <p>[Sobel] was noted by acclaimed gallerist Sidney Janis for her self invented method for applying paint, the very same method of drip painting that went on to influence some of the most famous names of the abstract expressionist movement. […] In 1947, Sobel faded from the spotlight, and the following year, after discovering an allergy to paint, she turned to crayon and pencil. It took until the late 1960s for her name to resurface, with MoMA’s acquisition of <a href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80636">Milky Way</a>, but she died soon after, in 1968.</p>