The Golden Age — Joan Brown

The Golden Age centers on Brown’s late work, made in the ten years prior to her untimely death in 1990, at the age of fifty-two. These works are marked by unabashedly vibrant expanses of contrasting color, flattened compositions, and a graphic directness inspired in part by Henri Rousseau. The title of the exhibition is taken from the idyllic vision of harmony the artist described in 1985: “The ancient cultures have foretold that a Golden Age will recur. It will be a peaceful time when all creatures on earth will live in perfect harmony.”