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Joan Snyder and her explorations of
art and gender.

temporary refugee camps and the con-
troversial text: "The moon shone in
Germany / The moon shines in
Palestine / AND men are still seeking
final solutions." The painting is, of
course, both a political and an artistic
statement, and it provokes the viewer to
think without losing anything of its aes-
thetic qualities as a work of art.
As her work moved into the 1990s
and the 2000s, Snyder returned both to
Personal Affair
the abstract style and to the feminine
content of her early work. This, too, is a
The same could be said of the exhibit at
political statement. Interviewed for the
large. Being a retrospective that follows
exhibit's catalogue, Snyder said her move
Snyder's career from its beginning in
away from overtly political content was
1969 until the present, the exhibit is a
a feminist act par excellence.
highly personal affair, presenting, canvas
"I couldn't do
political paint-
ings," she said.
"There's so
much horror
going
min.-
b on in the
world, so much
devastation ...
but what I can
do — I con-
sciously decided
to go back to a
very feminist
sensibility, to
bring a feminine
energy and some
kind of beauty
back into the
world, which I
think we desper-
In 2001s And Always Searching for Beauty" Snyder returned both ately need.
"I felt it was
to the abstract style and to thefiminine content of her early work.
the only kind of
offering I could
make. ... Male energy is killing us. I
by canvas, Snyder's growth as an artist.
want my work to be an answer to
From grids and strokes in the 1970s,
some of that." L;
Snyder moved on to painting works
richer with narrative and more political
in nature. The 1993 painting Journey of
the Souls is a prime example: A black
"Joan Snyder: A Painting Survey,
vortex looms in the center of the paint-
1969-2005" is on display
ing, surrounded by blurry faces that
through Oct. 23 at The Jewish
connect to it. A personal response of the
Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, in
artist to the devastation wreaked by the
New York City. (212) 423-3200.
AIDS epidemic, the painting is a bleak
Museum hours are Sunday-
affair, the sort that is capable of raising
Wednesday, 11 a.m.-5:45 p.m.;
both consciousness andan outcry at the
Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; and
same time.
Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 510;
Even more overt is the 1988 work
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Women in Camps, juxtaposing photo-
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Snyder's grids invite the viewer into the
physical space of the painting, encourag-
ing a slow and temperate exploration.
This is true even in her largest canvas-
es — and some works featured in the
retrospective are as large as 6 by 12-feet
— which, without losing anything of
their commanding scale, nonetheless
remain highly personal.

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