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Terrain Gallery Exhibition Celebrating the Life & Art of Dorothy Koppelman

We’re proud to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the Terrain Gallery with an exhibition honoring the life and work of Dorothy Koppelman—founding director, artist, Aesthetic Realism consultant, one of the most important women in cultural history.

Dorothy Koppelman passionately wanted people everywhere to know what Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, explained:

“All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.”

All the Terrain Gallery’s groundbreaking exhibitions have been based on that great principle.

Through her study of Aesthetic Realism, Dorothy Koppelman became one of the outstanding artists of the 20th century. In this exhibition you’ll see powerful paintings, prints, and drawings spanning four decades. At a time when the figurative and the abstract were seen as inevitably opposed, her work radically and matter-of-factly combined them; for instance—two red teapots take their place in a universal conversation. Much of her work deals with the broken, the chaotic, the unexpected—in which she finds true composition. Her brushwork and her palette, like her thoughtful and tireless mind, are at once vigorous and warm.

It is our intention that the vision impelling Dorothy Koppelman’s life—a world made kinder, more just, and beautiful through the study of Aesthetic Realism—become a reality.

Gallery hours: Wed. – Fri. 1-5, Sat. 1-4, & by appointment











When: Wed., Mar. 27, 2019 - Sat., Sep. 28, 2019 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene St.
212-777-4490
Price: Free
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We’re proud to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the Terrain Gallery with an exhibition honoring the life and work of Dorothy Koppelman—founding director, artist, Aesthetic Realism consultant, one of the most important women in cultural history.

Dorothy Koppelman passionately wanted people everywhere to know what Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, explained:

“All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.”

All the Terrain Gallery’s groundbreaking exhibitions have been based on that great principle.

Through her study of Aesthetic Realism, Dorothy Koppelman became one of the outstanding artists of the 20th century. In this exhibition you’ll see powerful paintings, prints, and drawings spanning four decades. At a time when the figurative and the abstract were seen as inevitably opposed, her work radically and matter-of-factly combined them; for instance—two red teapots take their place in a universal conversation. Much of her work deals with the broken, the chaotic, the unexpected—in which she finds true composition. Her brushwork and her palette, like her thoughtful and tireless mind, are at once vigorous and warm.

It is our intention that the vision impelling Dorothy Koppelman’s life—a world made kinder, more just, and beautiful through the study of Aesthetic Realism—become a reality.

Gallery hours: Wed. – Fri. 1-5, Sat. 1-4, & by appointment

Buy tickets/get more info now