Summer Reading Artist Jane Mount @ 20×200
Ideal Bookshelf 1, JMM by Jane Mount
Frequent 20×200 artist Jane Mount is back today with an offering from her Bookshelf series, choosing her favorite—and most influential—childhood tomes, in a painting created just for 20×200. You may recognize Jane’s bookshelves from Summer Reading, on view through August 22, at the gallery. Both the pieces in the show are sold and the edition is moving fast so you should really get on it.
Here is what Sara Distin had to say about the piece in this morning’s newsletter:
I have a theory about this. Most impressionable when we’re young, books and other sources of great ideas are given more weight. These books have also, often, been given to us by adults who regard these gifts as important and inspirational in their own lives. The Little Engine That Could, Goodnight Moon and The Little Prince are all titles that have passed the test of time.How often—recently or long ago—were you able to accomplish a great task while chanting in your head, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!”? Am I the only one who still nods off some nights with sweet thoughts for the moon and all the other good things in life? And really, where would we all be if we hadn’t learned from the young prince to listen to our hearts as often as we listen to our heads? Generations of us owe these books thanks! And so it is fitting that Jane has memorialized them here in Ideal Bookshelf 1, JMM.
You can read the full newsletter here.
If you haven’t seen the show yet, make sure to make it in before the show closes in just over two weeks on August 22nd. NY Art Beat critic Laura Meli writes, “Just as a summer read should be, the exhibition is intriguing, short, and fast-paced, with a few welcome surprises buried within.” If you still don’t believe me, see what Elle and Artlog have to say.
Ideal Bookshelf 1, JMM (detail) by Jane Mount
