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Long-awaited debut of American painter Lois Dodd

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Long-awaited debut of American painter Lois Dodd

“Dodd is a chronicler of what others seem to miss.” — Katy Hessel

Dodd’s small, intimately scaled paintings are almost always completed in one plein-air sitting. Her subjects include trees, laundry on clotheslines, New England outbuildings, lush summer gardens, and views of and through windows. She often returns to familiar motifs repeatedly at different times of the year with dramatically varied results.

Her paintings insist on the worth of what is often overlooked, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary, and inviting viewers to slow down, to look closely, and to find meaning in the passing moment.

With contributions by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries; Janice McNab, fellow at the Women’s International Study Center (Santa Fe); Karen Wilkin, New York-based curator and critic specializing in twentieth-century modernism; Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of The Great Women Artists podcast; Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, curator at Kunstmuseum Den Haag; and many others.

This book is published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, on view from 30 August 2025 to 6 April 2026.

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Long-awaited debut of American painter Lois Dodd

“Dodd is a chronicler of what others seem to miss.” — Katy Hessel

Dodd’s small, intimately scaled paintings are almost always completed in one plein-air sitting. Her subjects include trees, laundry on clotheslines, New England outbuildings, lush summer gardens, and views of and through windows. She often returns to familiar motifs repeatedly at different times of the year with dramatically varied results.

Her paintings insist on the worth of what is often overlooked, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary, and inviting viewers to slow down, to look closely, and to find meaning in the passing moment.

With contributions by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries; Janice McNab, fellow at the Women’s International Study Center (Santa Fe); Karen Wilkin, New York-based curator and critic specializing in twentieth-century modernism; Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of The Great Women Artists podcast; Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, curator at Kunstmuseum Den Haag; and many others.

This book is published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, on view from 30 August 2025 to 6 April 2026.

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Langverwacht debuut van de Amerikaanse schilder Lois Dodd

Framing the Ephemeral is de eerste monografie van Lois Dodd (1927). Op 98-jarige leeftijd geldt Dodd nog steeds als een baanbrekende, maar vaak onderbelichte figuur in de naoorlogse Amerikaanse kunst. Dit boek biedt een boeiende verkenning van haar observatiegerichte schilderijen, met een bijzondere aandacht voor licht, sfeer en alledaagse taferelen.

Al zeventig jaar lang doorbreekt Dodd op geheel eigen wijze hardnekkige gendernormen en blijft ze onverminderd trouw aan haar heldere, aandachtige manier van kijken typerend voor de observatieschilderkunst. Framing the Ephemeral belicht haar betekenisvolle bijdrage en bevestigt Dodds blijvende plaats in de kunstgeschiedenis.

Met tekstbijdragen van Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistiek directeur van de Serpentine Galleries; Janice McNab, fellow aan het Women’s International Study Center (Santa Fe); Karen Wilkin, curator en criticus uit New York, gespecialiseerd in modernisme uit de twintigste eeuw; Katy Hessel, kunsthistorica en oprichter van de podcast The Great Women Artists; Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, curator bij Kunstmuseum Den Haag; en vele anderen.

Publicatie bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Kunstmuseum Den Haag van 30 augustus 2025 tot 6 april 2026.

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