Big Table Episode 7: Ninth Street Women
- Author
- Celia Paul, Dorothy Ashby, Mary Gabriel, J.C. Gabel
- Published
- Fri 28 May 2021
- Episode Link
- https://episode-1-tosh-berman.simplecast.com/episodes/ninth-street-women-wmMs7kRw
THE INTERVIEW
Journalist, author and biographer and Mary Gabriel discusses Ninth Street Women, published by Little, Brown, a five part biography of painters from the Abstract Expressionist era: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler. This door-stopper is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American art.
THE READING
For the reading this episode, painter Celia Paul reads from her memoir Self-Portrait, published by NYRB Classics, which recounts the period after WWII to today, including her relationship with fellow painter Lucian Freud.
Music by Dorothy Ashby
