Joan Mitchel:l Trees at CHEIM & READ and Black Drawings at LENNON WEINBERG INC

As the summer doldrums settle in over Manhattan, James Kalm makes a pilgrimage to Chelsea to partake in the pleasures of observing paintings and drawings by an American Master. Joan Mitchell is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding members of the "second generation" of Abstract Expressionists. With her subtle use of color, vigorous brushwork, and emphatic facture Mitchell creates a context within which all subsequent Ab-Exers be they male or female must be judged. Having on 13 May, 2014, at Christie's New York attained the highest price ever for a female artist at auction of $11,925,000, it is fitting that these two exhibitions should give painting lovers a chance to reevaluate this vital and influential artist. Adam Road provides a musical intro to this program.

[@carolynmullet1726]

I've now watched this 3 times & because you do such great close-ups, I notice something new (& wonderful) in her brushwork each time. Thank you, James & thank you , Kate.

[@jeffreyturner4438]

Joan Mitchell is one of the finest painters the world has ever known. Wonderful gestural abstraction. Thanks James, Jeff

[@picturepicture6990]

First Cyprus and Red Tree are two of the finest examples of painting I have ever seen period. What she was capable of at her best is unbelievable.

[@kloochie]

So inspirational! Thank you guy on the bike!

[@rojmoniegomarceau8557]

Ho potuto ammirare una retrospettiva in Italia 15 anni fa e mi ha colpito l uso delle pennellate...grande forza e impavido sguardo

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Toe to toe with anyone of them... these works are astonishingly beautiful

[@todoinc.300]

I watch these from Tokyo! Incredible content here!

[@kennycole2009]

James...the close-ups are greatly appreciated!

[@chrisknights123]

I just love watching your videos James, I can't tell you how much pleasure and inspiration it gives me. Keep up the great work… Chris

[@anaelsagamez5007]

Thank you your videos and guide are so interesting for me 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@NorwoodCreech]

What a presence her work has. This has been really great to see. I too, appreciate the close ups. Thank you for making this video and sharing it with the rest of us!

[@andresvalenciazava5881]

Thank so much for bring Joan Mitchel paintings. It was so lovely to see this beautiful work....

[@lisengel2498]

These are quite gorgeous expressive paintings melting the abstract and the figurative - also the small pastels showed how beautifully she expresses an experience - sensual, raw and sophistcated at the same time - they are also recognizable and mystical at the same time - very beautifull - a pleasure to watch = but again please remember to keep the camera more calmly - there is so much movement in each of her mark making that is take away the strength of the beautifull work if you move around without stranding still - looking = but still great show = thank you so much for sharing

[@artgrows]

incredible! thanks so much for sharing them with us. You do a great job spotting the stuff I want to see. Never fails to encourage me to paint.

[@elrico1364]

Joan's 'The Boss' after all these years.

[@mayormc]

How great to be blown away by these cool Joan Mitchell works as I have my morning coffee. Thank you again Mr Kalm for your great contribution to the realm of art, sanity and civility.

[@PaulLewey]

Another fantastic video that has helped me appreciate Abstract art or I guess Abstract Expressionism, it is helping me to loosen up my own artwork, even though I am a figurative painter I am concentrating more on the object of colours and the application of oil paint on canvas than on the subject I'm painting or referring from. All these wonderful arrays of colours, patterns and the different ways of applying paint, that I have been discovering with my own work, I can honestly say have been heavily and gladly influenced by watching your shows! Thank you James. I have said in other comments (on other videos you have uploaded), that (even though I have bee making artwork for thirty odd years,) it has been within the last two years, that I have felt free and happy with my work. I'm being lead through some unknown journey and I am enjoying what new sights and discoveries I am gaining on the way!! Again Thank you James. I love Joan Mitchell's drawings, they loosely remind me of Frank Auerbach's work... In a more sparser way...? Thank you James and Thank you Kate. Cheer, Paul

[@xxjones]

Wonderful, thank you!

[@darrinaton6484]

I'm certainly no painter, but these works look like top drawer material. I can't imagine the level of confidence you would need to work in this manner: the paintings look improvised and tightly controlled at the same time. Each canvas is entirely different and surprising, and yet seem somehow punched out all at once and inevitable at the same time. Thanks for this video.

[@ken1334]

+darrin aton sir, a great description!

[@kaivrock]

Your skill at getting clear extreme close ups from all angles without glare or anything else is really great.

[@paulcosqui]

Thank you James. I have watched most of your programmes and I wish to thank you for the great work you do and for sharing your knowledge of art. Truly inspirational!

[@tralexan]

Beautiful in so many ways. Thank you for allowing us to see this body of work.

[@qbitz08]

One of your best, James. Thanks.

[@mofot-dac5303]

Thanks for another great upload 👍☺️

[@nat27art]

Thank you for this close-up view! Great to see. I appreciate your work.

[@noumine]

great job of capturing the details of her work. thank you.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate

[@dees9502]

Another outstanding video, James

[@m.feaver960]

A painter worth emulating for great practice with color, spatial illusions, and damb fine artwork. Its hard not to create one all your own but, and I say "but", to truly make it look authentic it would have to be practiced over and over, day after year, year after day. Still, you would only be creating art of your own.

[@josecardoza9204]

Gracias James, from Nicaragua.

[@reaganwiles_art]

this is great; I'm a latecomer to this as to much else, perhaps to everything. The only NY connections I have were to The Met retrospective of Lucian Freud I attended after high school graduation in 1992, another trip to stay in the ASU loft in mid-town in 2000 to visit galleries, and by happenstance I met Carlo Pittore in a bus out of Port Authority in '98 then went to Maine to visit him in 2003 a couple years before he died. We were only acquaintances although I did draw with the community on a number of occasions in his two studios; I have always worked alone in obscurity far from NY. I will check to see if you're still doing this Mr. Kalm, and I'll subscribe. Now.

[@nolanwinkler]

one of the great painters of ANY school, sir. She never considered herself an 'action' painter because she sat back and studied what she she do next on the canvas.

[@braulioguerra6258]

By the art you show you create my art forwards

[@carlosmirandaosuna6478]

Really it is a great work ,love it

[@WilliamHallArt]

Enjoyed it!

[@awildacruz2990]

Love the pastel drawings!

[@TheBillybobbbbb]

Great artist!super vid. Thanx!

[@raquelgrijalva6608]

Estupendo trabajo

[@murara-youtube7382]

とても素敵だと思いました。また、何故この様に紙の上に書かれた物が心に響くのだろうと考えてしまいました。

[@boogieboxmusic4331]

What a racket that busker , love the art though, Joan Mitchel is a wonderful colourist..

[@kimwilkie9819]

Thank you Kate!

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art

[@richardmcellistremartist8298]

love joan mitchell...must sell the house first though

[@EndOfEntertainment]

Cool stuff :)

[@lisengel2498]

As always its a pleasure to see the shows - interesting in many ways - I love both the overviews and the close ups but i think you should take Care not to move the camera quite so much temember to make small stops - it would make it much better- so please stop breath and then move calmly to a new point you will focus on

[@music-sc7eg]

Lis Engel I had to give up as it is a bit motion sickness inducing. Had a quick look at Oct 2019 - still same.

[@lisengel2498]

Its wonderfull to be able to follow there uploads - very interesting - I sill want very much that you stod still a moment with the total painting in focus before you “ move in for details” and take Care not to move too quickly - but in spite of the very Shakespeare camera movement it is very interesting to follow -

[@lobstermash]

The camera movement is so fast that the image is blurred to me. The constant movement is distracting.

[@TheTerminalExpress]

6:23 gorgeous!

[@virginiapalmeroart]

💙💛🧡💜

[@danielmorvan]

merci

[@charleshlawatsch6871]

Slow the camera down. Beautiful work, take the time to allow us view it properly.

[@raoulsamuelkray7628]

[@1chipchap]

i really love her work. and appreciate your videos, i had to stop watching as it was too much camera movement and i felt sick. shame as i love her work and like your efforts for us.

[@music-sc7eg]

Same for me and still the same on most recent video. Shame as I would like have seen other work.

[@GrumpyYank26]

'female painter' - think about what that means. Do you know any artists (living, friends?) who would say 'I'm a female painter', 'I'm a female artist'. Maybe you could refer to artists who are women as 'artists' in the future? Thank you.

[@carolynmullet1726]

I noticed that too & I agree with you.

[@gregorysgarrison]

I love abstract and even some similar to these. But these don't do it for me. Just looks like no care was taken at all in making the marks.

[@rd264]

nice scribbles

[@naturezone6655]

The black drawing remind me of toxic negativity released during discharging meditations.

[@douglasacosta4989]

Furchtbare Stimme und Art zu sprechen! Horripilante von y forma de comentar !

[@onefeather2]

Some of that art looks like what i did in grade school, in other words it is awful.

[@brydon10]

Wow, best work I've seen in a long time. Thanks James