Elisa Turner Reviews "Arc of Nature" in Hamptons Art Club /  by Mira Lehr

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Elisa Turner Reviews "Arc of Nature" in Hamptons Art Hub

Arc of Nature opened at the Flomenhaft Gallery in Chelsea last week. Coinciding with the exhibition is a 220 page monograph that covers the scope of Lehr's career. The book includes essays by Eleanor Heartney, and Interviews by Irving Sandler. Arc of Nature is available through Hard Press Editions in association with Hudson Hills Press and can be ordered through the gallery.

Award winning art writer and journalist Elisa Turner has reviewed Lehr's work in a recent article published in the Hamptons Art Hub. To read full article visit: http://hamptonsarthub.com/2015/05/18/mira-lehr-navigating-subtropical-floridas-vast-arc-of-nature/

The exhibition Arc of Nature continues at the Flomenhaft Gallery until June 27th. For more information visit http://www.flomenhaftgallery.com .

Publication of Monograph, MIRA LEHR: ARC OF NATURE /  by Mira Lehr

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Publication of Monograph, MIRA LEHR: ARC OF NATURE

Mira Lehr: Arc of Nature

Publication: Spring 201511 x 12", 200 pages, hardcover

Published by Hard Press Editions in association with Hudson Hills Press

Essays by Eleanor Heartney

Interviews by Irving Sandler

Foreword  by Thom Collins

 

Mira Lehr has been called "the mistress of light" by 60 Minutes correspondent, Morley Safer, "the spiritual heir to O'Keeffe," in the London Times Literary Supplement and "a painter not of this world" by Oxford poet, Kelley Grovier.

As a young female artist in the '50s and '60s, Lehr was at the forefront of abstract expressionism and the New York School having studied with the Billmyers, Hans Hoffmann and Motherwell. Lehr was born in Brooklyn and studied art, art history and philosophy at Vassar College. She later became a force in the mobilization of women artists in cities like Miami, where she co-founded the Continuum Gallery. Lehr was chosen as an original participant with Buckminster Fuller on the first World Game Scenario Project at the New York Studio School. 

Mira Lehr: Arc of Nature presents Lehr's work and career as an artist continuing over five decades. The artist's expression of nature through various media is explored by Eleanor Heartney, arts and cultural critic. Heartney analyzes Lehr's work, her background and the process involved in her artistry as well as her drive as a woman artist. The book also features a 2014 interview conducted by Irving Sandler, art historian, writer and critic at Lehr's home in Miami Beach and a Foreword by Thom Collins, Director of the Miami Art Museum. Lehr's own writing and reflections throughout the book reveal her metaphysical nature. Mira Lehr, Nature in Art, a beautiful large format art book features over 100 images of Lehr's art - compelling paintings, sculpture and video in brilliant color.

 

"Windows" was included at the American Embassy in Mexico City /  by Mira Lehr

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"Windows" was included at the American Embassy in Mexico City

"Windows", a large-scale painting, was included at the American Embassy in Mexico City and is now going to be included in the permanent collection at the American Embassy in Washington D.C.

mage: Earl Anthony Wayne, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, admires my painting in between the American and Mexican flags at his residence in Mexico City.

Arc of Nature (May 2015) /  by Mira Lehr

Arc of Nature (May 2015)

Solo Exhibition

Arc of NatureFlomenhaft Gallery, NYC

May 7 - June 27, 2015

 

"Mira Lehr’s painting is well-known and highly regarded in Florida but not in New York.  She has had a number of successful shows here but the perception of her body of work and its development is fragmentary.

The current exhibition at the Flomenhaft Gallery should rectify this lack of knowledge and accord Lehr’s remarkable body of work the acclaim it deserves."

- Irving Sandler, 2015