Painting in Boston: 1950–2000
The New Painting
Ahmed Abdalla

Poetics of Memory #11, 1996, mixed media on canvas, 96" x 71 ½", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase: 2001.62, Photo credit: Ri Anderson
Laylah Ali

Untitled, from the Greenheads Series, 1999, gouache on paper, 8 ¼" x 11", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase: 1999.26, Photo credit: Ri Anderson
Ambreen Butt

Untitled, 2000, wood, gesso, acrylic, collage, 24" x 24", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase: 2000.33, Photo credit: Ri Anderson
Frank Egloff

after Deakin 1952/1957 (Oliver Bernard), 1999, acrylic on canvas, 78 ½" x 66", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase with partial funds provided by Berkshire Taconic Foundation: 2000.36, Photo credit: Greg Heins
Anne Harris

Portrait (Beaded Dress), 1999–2000, oil on canvas, 36" x 30", Collection Philippe Alexandre, New York; Courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York, Photo credit: Kevin Ryan
Colleen Kiely

Rabbit Madonna, 2000, oil, alkyd, acrylic, glitter, and doily on wood panel, 84" x 60" x 3", Lent by the Artist, Photo credit: Dan Soper
Annette Lemieux

Brainchild, 1992, acrylic screen printing ink on canvas, 84" x 122", Lent by the Artist, Photo credit: Charles Mayer Photography
Tabitha Vevers

When We Talk About Rape, 1992, oil and gold leaf on handmade paper, 9 ¾" x 12 ½", Collection of Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner, Photo credit: Kevin Thomas
Lucy White

Blue Eyes, 1996, resin, felt, acrylic on wood, 23" x 23", Lent by the Artist; Courtesy Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, Photo credit: Dana Salvo