Soutine and Savdie link past and present visions of violence
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Ilana Savdie and Chaïm Soutine presented work together in a New York City gallery, connecting the artists’ responses to periods of turmoil.
Soutine, a Jewish Belarusian artist who worked in Paris before and during World War I, painted with a frantic energy that reflected the violence of his time. His painting “Hanging Turkey” from around 1925 depicts the bird as if it were suffering, recalling the style of El Greco.
Savdie, a Colombian-American artist, shares with Soutine a focus on dissection and the unsettling forms that result. The gallery juxtaposes Soutine's paintings from the early 20th century with Savdie’s contemporary work, highlighting the ways both artists confront difficult subjects. Both artists seem to respond to the chaos of their eras, with Soutine hiding from Nazi occupation in 1940. The exhibition explores a shared interest in representing anguish and transformation through unsettling imagery.
The pairing allows viewers to consider how artists across different eras grapple with violence and uncertainty.
