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"Alice Neel: People Come First," March 22–August 1, 2021. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ... Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd ...
Jackie Curtis (on the right), was a performer, writer, and singer, active in New York City’s downtown counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, and part of Andy Warhol’s creative orbit. In this double portrait Alice Neel depicts Curtis, who was gender nonconforming, together with Ritta Redd, a friend with whom he sometimes collaborated. Typical for Neel, the personalities of her sitters are ...
Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd | Alice Neel. Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd. Date. 1970. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions inches. 60 x 42 in. Dimensions cm.
Jul 15, 2017 · Jackie Curtis (1947-1985) was a “Warhol superstar,” a playwright, poet, cabaret singer and theater director. Born John Holder Curtis Jr., he invented the “glam rock” look of wearing glitter around his eyes and retro thrift-shop female fashions. His companion, Ritta Redd, was not a celebrity although he appeared in several films with Curtis.
Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd is an Expressionist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Alice Neel in 1970. It lives at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague.
May 14, 2007 · Neel, Rita Red and Jackie, 1979. Alice’s Revenge What we need now is a full-scale, scripted biography of Neel. I usually hate Hollywood, arty biographies. Lust for Life? Disgusting. But Neel’s life, with all those opportunities for satire, drama, and social commentary, would be something worth seen acted out.
Neel grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and spent a formative year in Cuba before moving to NYC in 1927. She worked there for 60 years, raised a family, and is now known for her groundbreaking portraits and commitment to social justice. Here, in conjunction with The Met’s exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First, we see New York—and ...
