♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >>> COMING UP ON NYC ARTS A TRIP TO THE HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM AND MATRIX PRINTS BY WOMEN ARTIST 1960 TO 1990.

WE'LL SHOW HOW THE WORK OF THE ARTIST WAS ESSENTIAL TO EXPANDING THE ART FORM.

>> MATRIX EXPLORES A PERIOD IN THE LATE 20th CENTURY WHEN WOMEN ARTIST WERE IMPORTANT TO THE EXPLOSION OF PRINT MAKING.

WOMEN WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH ABSTRACTION IN THE 19 60s.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVISM REPRESENTED IN THEIR ARTWORKS.

MOVING TO THE 1980s WE SAW A LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION WITH PROCESS.

A LOT OF TYPES OF PRINTS MADE AND COMBINING THE APPROPRIATE PRINT TECHNIQUE.

>>> THEN A VISIT TO THE MET AND KAMONO STYLE.

THE TRENDS AND STYLES OF THIS TRADITIONAL GARMENT.

>> MANY PEOPLE ASSUMED THE BEGINNING OF FASHION WAS IN ITALY OR FRANCE.

IN JAPAN, THERE WAS A VERSO SOPHISTICATED NETWORK BETWEEN THE TEXTILE PRODUCERS, THE CUSTOMERS, AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.

THE PUBLISHERS REGULARLY PUBLISHED WOODBLOCK PATTERN BOOKS WITH THE MOST FASHIONABLE PATTERNS AND ADVICE ABOUT STYLISH COLORS AND DYING GARMENTS.

WOMEN HAD ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION JUST LIKE WE LOOK ALTHE VOGUE MAGAZINE TODAY.

THIS FACILITIES WITH 150 WORKS OF LLANDSCAPE AND STILL LIFE.

>> FUNDING FOR NYC ARTS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY: THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CUL WHICH CUL AFFAIRS.

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THE FIRST STEP RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY CLIENT IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH UNIQUE NEEDS.

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IT'S THE FIRST THING ON OUR MINDS.

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♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO NYC ARTS.

I'M PAULA ON LOCATION AT THE BARTOW MANSION MUSEUM IN THE BRONX.

10 MILES FROM THE MUSEUM THERE IS A HIDDEN GEM SET WITHIN THE LARGEST PARK.

THE ONLY GRAND COUNTRY HOUSE STILL IN EXISTENCE OVERLOOKING THE BAY THE MUSEUM PROVIDES A LINK TO THE SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTIAL HISTORY.

VISITORS CAN TAKE GUIDED TOURS OF THE MANSION, THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, VIEW THE COLLECTION OF FURNACING, AND EXPLORE THE GROUNDS.

THE MANSION WE SEE TODAY WAS BUILT-IN 1846 WITH THE FAMILY OF ROBERT BARTOW AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN.

THE PREFERRED DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS AND FURNITURE WAS THE CLASSICAL STYLE WITH A SENSE OF BALANCE AND SER RENTY.

THIS SHOWED THE ADMIRATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPALS DESIGNED BY ANDRE.

AN INFLUENTIAL ARTIST.

ONE OF THE CENTER TABLES WAS MADE IN NEW YORK IN 1825.

LIKE IT'S MANY COUNTERPARTS IT REFLECTS THE FASCINATION WITH CLASSICAL ANTICITY THAT SWEPT THE WESTERN WORD AFTER LET THE RECORD REFLECT LABIUM AND POLYMER PAY.

THIS WAS A NEW FORM OF FUNTURE.

AS WAS SOFAS AND STORAGE CABINETS FOR KEEPING WINE COOL.

CENTER TABLES NOT ONLY REFLECTED AN INTERNATIONAL STYLE BUT ALSO HAD PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL MEANING THROUGH AN ASSOCIATION WITH GREEK AND RO ROMAN REPUBLI.

THIS WAS A REFLECTION OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

DESPITE THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THE BARTOW HOUSE ESCAPED THE FATE OF OTHER MANSIONS THAT WERE DEMOLISHED.

ENTER MS. CHARLES FREDRICK HOFFMAN A PROMINENT FIGURE IN NEW YORK AND BRITISH SOCIETY.

ZELIA TOOK ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GARDEN CLUB THAT LEASED THE BARTOW MANSION FOR USAGE OF IT'S HEAD QUARTERS.

IT WAS THROUGH THIS SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF THE GARDENS BEGAN AND PHOTO HANGS FOR TRIBUTE.

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM PRINTS BY WOMEN ARTIST 1960 TO 1990 EXPLORES A PERIOD OF EXPERIMENTATION AMONG WOMEN ARTIST.

NOT ONLY WAS PRINT MAKING A MEANS OF EXPRESSION BUT SEVERED AS A WAY TO ENTER THE MALE DOMINATED ART WORLD.

THIS INCLUDES THE WORK OF FAITH, BARBARA, JULIA SANTOES AND AMOS.

THEY EXPANDED THIS MEDIUM FOR THREE DECADES.

THEY MASTERED NEW TECHNIQUES IN COLLABORATION WITH EACH OTHER.

A NEW GENERATION OF MORE INCLUSIVE PRINTMAKERS WOULD EMERGE.

LAURA IS OUR GUIDE.

>> I'M LAURA.

I'M THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT.

I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY IN THE VOTER GALLERY OF THE MUSEUM TO SEE MATRIX PRINTS BY WOMEN ARTIST 1960 TO 1990.

MATRIX EXPLORES THIS TIME PERIOD WHEN WOMEN WERE EXPLORING PRINT MAKING.

SO, WOMEN WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH ABSTRACTION IN THE 19 60s.

IN THE 70s THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVISM REPRESENTED IN THEIR ARTWORK.

MOVING TO THE 1980s YOU SAW A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTING PROCESS.

A LOT OF TYPES OF PRINTS MADE COMBINING THE APPROPRIATE PRINT TECHNIQUE.

ALLEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF ARTIST.

AFTER THE SOCIAL REALIST PERIOD DURING THE DEPRESSION THERE WAS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET WOMEN ARTIST WERE VERY CRITICAL TO THE EVOLUTION OF THAT STYLE.

HELEN WAS VERY PROMINENT AND WELL KNOWN.

SHE WORKED ON THE FLOOR LIKE JACKSON POLLIC.

SHE STARTED POURING PAINT ALL OVER AND EVOLVING COLOR FIELD PAINTING.

SO, WHEN SHE WORKED IN THE WOOD CUT LIKE ONE OF HER MOST WELL KNOWN PRINTS SHE TRIED TO USE THE WOODBLOCK TO GET THAT MOTION OF THE PAINT.

GOING ACROSS THE SURFACE.

SHE BECAME FLUSTERED WITH TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT EFFECT AND DOING THINGS LIKE SCRAPING OFF THE PAINT AND ADDING LAYERS OF PAINT AND FINALLY GOT THIS PIECE.

MIRIAM SHAPIRO IS A BIG FIGURE.

SHE'S IMPORTANT AS A FEMINIST ARTIST AND IN THE PATTERN AND DECORATION MOVEMENT.

THIS EMBRACED WOMEN'S CRAFTS AND ARTS AND ELEVATED THEM TO FINE ARTS.

A LOT OF WOMEN ARTIST REALLY LOOK UP TO FRITA AS AN ICONIC FEMINIST AND BROUGHT WOMEN ISSUES TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ART AND HER OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH BEING A WOMAN.

I LOVE THAT SHE CALLED IT FRITA AND ME.

SHE'S TELLING US WHAT FRITA MEANS TO HER.

THIS IS A TYPE OF COLLAGE.

IT CAN BE USED WITH VARIOUS PROCESSES.

THEY WILL OVERLAY A KIND OF TISSUE PAPER.

EMMA HAD A VERY LONG CAREER.

SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN ARTIST PART OF THE SPIRAL GROUP THAT WAS PART OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST THAT GATHERED TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

SHE CHAMPIONED IN THE BLACK WOMEN'S BODY IN HER ART AND REALLY WANTED TO COMBAT STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF WHAT BEAUTY WAS.

SO, THIS PIECE, ABOVE THE SECRETS IS INNOVATIVE IN SO MANY WAYS.

IT'S PART OF A SERIES WHERE SHE DID A LOT OF STUDIES OF FIGURES LOOKING AT US.

THE FIGURES ARE CONFRONTING US.

YOU SEE THE FACE TWICE.

IT'S FOUR ARTWORKS AS ONE.

SHE ALSO HAD STARTED OUT STUDYING TEXTILES.

SHE HAS HER OWN WEAVINGS.

YOU CAN SEE AREAS THAT LOOK A BIT FUZZY AND PAINTERLY.

FAITH WORKED A LOT IN WORKS ON PAPER.

SHE LOVES THE POWER OF A POSTER.

IT SAYS WOMAN, FREE YOUSELF.

WHEN YOU MAKE IT SINGULAR IT'S DIRECTS TO THE VIEWER.

YOU CAN'T IMAGE SHE'S SPEAKING TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THE CROWD OTHER THAN YOU.

WOMAN, FREE YOURSELF.

IT REALLY IMPOWERS WOMEN.

IT'S ALSO VERY GRAPHIC THE WAY SHE DOES THE LETTERING.

COLOR SCREEN AND PURPLE GREEN IS ONE OF THE COLORS IN THE AFRICAN FLAG.

IT STANDS FOR REGIONRATION AND REBIRTH.

PURPLE IS USED IN AFRICANIFAFRICANFASHION.

AT THE SUDD HUDSON RIVER MUSEUME LIKE TO DO EXHIBITIONS THAT HAVE A RESIDENCE TODAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THEY CAN RELATE TO THAT TOUCHES THEIR LIVES.

IT SEEMS POWERFUL TO LOOK BACK TO A PERIOD WHEN WOMEN WERE LEVERAGING THEIR POWER IN THE ART WORLD.

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>>> CURRENTLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IS KIMONO STYLE THE JOHN C. WEBER COLLECTION.

THIS IS 60 EXAMPLES OF THE GARMENT ALSO WESTERN CATOUR.

WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIMONO.

IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SHIFTS IN TRENDS, STYLES, AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AND CONVERSATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE WEST.

BY THE EARLY 20th CENTURY JAPANESE MAKERS INCORPORATED WESTERN ART MOVEMENTS AND IMAGERY EVEN MICKEY INTO KIMONO DESIGN.

TURNED MODERN DESIGNER HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION.

MONICA ASSOCIATE C CURATOR.

>> THIS IS FROM THE LATE 18th CENTURY TO THE MAGIC PERIODS BETWEEN THE 1920s AND 1930s.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SHIFTS IN TRENDS AND STYLES AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.

ALSO TO GIVE CONTEXT TO THE HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE KIMONO.

I COLLABORATED WITH THE MET AND WE WORKED TOGETHER TO HIGHLIGHT THE ARTISTIC CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE WEST AND JAPAN THE CONVERSATION STARTED AS EARLY AS THE LATE 16 AND 17th CENTURY WHEN THE FIRST EUROPEANS ARRIVED AND BROUGHT BACK KIMONO TO EUROPE.

THE REST WAS FASCINATED BY THE SHAPE, COLOR, AND STYLE OF KIMONO.

IT INSPIRED PAINTINGS AND LATER FASHION DESIGNS.

MANY PEOPLE ASSUME THE BEGINNING OF FASHION IS IN ITALY OR FRANCE.

HOWEVER, IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED NETWORK BETWEEN THE CUSTOMERS AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.

THE PUBLISHERS REGULARLY PUBLISHED WOODBLOCK PRINTED PATTERN BOOKS WITH THE MOST FASHIONABLE PATTERNS AND ADVICE ABLE STYLISH COLOR AND DYING TECHNIQUES.

WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE UPTO DATE FASHION INFORMATION JUST AS WE LOOK AT THE VOGUE MAG SOUMAGAZINETODAY.

ALL OF THEM ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM SINGLE FABRIC.

IT COMES IN A STANDARD SIZE.

THEY CUT IT INTO SQUARES AND JUST STITCHED IT TOGETHER.

IT'S A SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, THE SURFACE IS VERY VOLATILE TO CHANGES BOTH IN SOCIETY AND HISTORY.

FROM THE EARLY 20th CENTURY WE SEE THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE WEST.

MANUFACTURERS SUCH AS THIS CREATED KIMONO INSPIRED GARMENTS FOR THE WESTERN MARKET, ESPECIALLY TO BE IMPORTED.

THEY COME FROM THE HISTORY OF THE KIMONO AND USE JAPANESE TECHNIQUES SUCH AS THE ONE WE CAN SEE IN THE EXHIBIT WITH THE COLORFUL PEACOCK.

THE DEVELOPN'T OF THE MODERN DEPARTMENT STORES BASED ON WESTERN DEPARTMENT STORE IDEAS THEY STARTED TO USE WESTERN MARKETING STRATEGIES INCLUDING POSTERS, POSTCARDS TO PROMOTE SEASONAL TRENDS.

THESE KIMONO A SPECIALTY GROUP WAS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE.

MADE OF LOW GRADE SILK WITH BRIGHT COLORS.

IT WAS VERY POPULAR WITH WORKING-CLASS WOMEN.

THIS IS A TIME WHEN KIMONO DESIGNERS LOOKED AT THE ART MOVEMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING TRENDS AND MANY OF THE BRIDE MODERN KIMONO YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME ARE EXPIRED BY THE STEEL AND ALL OF THE TRENDS.

WITH THE HELP OF THE INSTITUTE WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ARTISTIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN DESIGNERS AND WESTERN DESIGNERS.

WITH JOHN THE STORY TOOK A TURN.

THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE PATTERN BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KIMONO.

THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GETTING WOMEN OUT FROM THE CORSET.

THAT WAS A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND RESTRICTIVE GOREMENT.

THIS WAS THE P PERFECT SOLUTION.

HE WASN'T GOOD AT THIS SO HE PREFERRED TO DRAPE THE GARMENT RATHER THAN TAYLOR IT.

SO, IT'S HANGING FROM THE SHOULDER.

IT HAS STRAIGHT LINES WHICH IS HOW KIMONO WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

SHE STUDIES THE STRUCTURE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY THE STRUCTURE.

THESE EARLY DESIGNERS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

THE JAPANESE DESIGNERS THAT TOOK OVER PARIS AND LONDON IN THE IS THE 70s AND 80s.

THEY USED KIMONO AS A SOURCE AFTER THEIR PHILOSOPHY ABOUT HOW A GARMENT SHOULD EN D INVELOP TE BODY.

THKIMONO WAS A CATALYST FOR THE EUROPEAN FASHION TRENDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY.

>>> NOW A LOOK AT THE EXHIBITION ALEX CATS GALLERY.

THIS CAREER RETRO SPECKIVE IN A CITY WHERE CATS LIVED AND WORKED HIS ENTIRE LIFE FILLED THE MUSEUM WITH MORE THAN 150 WORKS INCLUDING PAINTINGS, PRINTS, AND FREE STANDING CUT OUT WORKS.

ACROSS 8 DECADES OF INTENSE CREATIVE PRODUCTION ALEX WILL CAPTURE SLICES OF LIFE.

WHETHER EVOKING A GLANCING EXCHANGE BETWEEN FRIENDS OR A SHAFT OF LIGHT FILTERED THROUGH TREES.

HE'S AIMED TO REPRESENT EVERYDAY LIFE WITH BURSTS OF COLOR AND BOLD LINES.

BORN IN BROOKLYN ALEX WAS ENCOURAGED FROM A YOUNG AGE TO PURSUE HIS INTEREST IN ART.

AFTER A STINT SEVERING IN THE NAVY HE ENROLLED AT COOPER UNION AND BEGAN HIS SELF IMPOSED PRACTICE OF DRAWING HIS SURROUNDINGS.

CATS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST IN THE MID 20th CENTURY NEW YORK AT A TIME WHEN THE ABSTRACT CANVASS OF PAINTERS LIKE JACKSON AND MARK PLACED THE CITY OF THE CITY OF AVANGARD.

ATTA HIS WIFE AND MOST ICONIC SUBJECT IS FUTURED ACROSS HIS BODY OF WORK.

HE PETARIED HER IN MANY FORMS.

FROM RAIDIENT TO MATURITY IN HER 90s.

IN BLUE UMBRELLA TWO FROM 1972 SHE ASAM ASSUMED THE ROLE OF FIM STAR.

RAIN SPILLS AROUND HER CONVEYING THE INTENSITY OF THE CLOSE UP.

THE WORK IS IN CATS LUMINOUS STYLE OF WET ON WET PAINTING IN WHICH DIFFERENT COLORS ARE APPLIED IN A SINGLE SESSION WHILE THE CANVAS REMAINS WET.

IN HIS 1959 CANVAS SHE'S DEPICTED TWICE.

THIS MARKS THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF CATS WORK WHERE MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE SAME SITTER COEXISTING.

THIS WILL BE ON VIEW THROUGH FEBRUARY 0 20th.

>>> NEXT WEEK ON NYC ARTS A VISIT TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM AND EAST OF SON AND WEST OF MOON.

AN EXHIBITION OF 11 PAINTINGS BY OSCAR HO.

AN ARTIST BORN IN LIVERPOOL NOW BASED IN BROOKLYN.

>> I WORK IS PURPOSEFUL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PICTURES OF EAST ASIAN PEOPLE IN WESTERN CULTURE.

I MAKE PAINTINGS INFUSED WITH A HISTORY.

>> A TRIP FOR A LOOK AT THE WORK OF NICK IN WHICH HIS SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATIONS ARE GIVEN NEW MEANING.

>> I THINK ABOUT HOW I'M THE VOICE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I'M ALSO A GAY MALE.

SO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY RESPONSIBILITY, THE WORK HAS TO SERVE AS A COMMUNAL SPACE TO REFLECT.

A PLACE TO IMAGE.

SO, IT'S ME OPENING THAT UP AND WELCOMING ALL.

>> AND A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT IN THE COLEGISLATION OF THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM.

>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTWORKS IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION.

IN PART BECAUSE OF IT'S ERIE BEAUTY.

THIS IS THE FIGURES FACE WHICH IS SOME WHAT AT ODDS WITH THE STRANGE MARKINGS.

IT'S EXQUISITE AND TELLS A STORY.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT.

I'M ON LOCATION AT THE MANSION MUSEUM IN THE BRONX.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

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