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 The Reflections of Ruth Weisberg Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Mystical and imaginative, but conceptually rooted in the heart of human experience, Ruth Weisberg's art has an air of importance to which museums and galleries continue to respond.
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 Ruth Weisberg, "Island," 2007, mixed media drawing on paper, 51 1/2 x 90 in. Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
This week Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles will unveil an exhibition for Ruth Weisberg, accomplished practitioner of multiple media and one of the most widely exhibited of today's representational artists. Based in Southern California, Weisberg is the only living artist to be offered a solo exhibition at Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum of Art and is similarly the only living artist to receive a solo show at the nearby Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
 Ruth Weisberg, "Waterbourne," 1973, original lithograph, 30 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts has mounted a survey of Weisberg's art that includes pieces featured in both those museum exhibitions and furthers the artist's impressive legacy. "Ruth Weisberg: Reflections Through Time" opens June 13, with a reception from 6-9 p.m. at which the artist will be present. Weisberg will also take part in an RSVP-required gallery conversation with Jack Rutberg on July 11 at 8 p.m.
 Ruth Weisberg, "Harbor," 2015, original color lithograph, 22 x 30 in. Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
 Ruth Weisberg, "Return," 2014, mixed media painting on canvas, 64 1/4 x 50 3/4 in. Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
In her various forms of print-making, mixed media drawings, and mixed media paintings, Weisberg engages issues of memory, reflecting on her own experiences and pressing into a cultural memory that is often selective and cruel. In her work, forms, textures, and colors serve as malleable tools in the artist's repertoire, to be used in each case as she sees fit. In the end, those components meld into a harmonious whole, communicating Weisberg's considered message.
.jpg) Ruth Weisberg, "Threshold," 1994, oil and mixed media on unstretched canvas, 74 x 60 in. Courtesy of Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
Ruth Weisberg currently serves on the faculty at the University of Southern California. She has exhibited prolifically in the region, featuring in over 80 solo exhibitions and approximately 200 group shows. Weisberg's art can be seen in many of this country's finest museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Portland Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Norton Simon Museum, and Detroit Institute of Arts, among other prestigious institutions.
"Reflections Through Time" will echo until August 29.
To learn more, visit Jack Rutberg Fine Arts online.
This article was featured in Fine Art Today, a weekly e-newsletter from Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.
