Lois Dodd's 'Night and Day' Exhibition at Alexandre Gallery Showcases Six Decades of Mastery

Lois Dodd's exhibition 'Night and Day' at Alexandre Gallery in New York City ran from February 25 to April 2, 2016, featuring her representational paintings. At age 89, Dodd demonstrated continued artistic vitality with works exploring time, light, and perspective. The show included night-time urban views like '15 Night Windows' (2016), where dark hues created somber depth, and daytime scenes such as 'Cherry Blossoms + Gray Sky' (2015), with subtle color shifts in tree trunks. Other notable pieces were 'Apple Tree through Barn Window, September' (2015), which disrupted picturesque views with an angled window sash, and 'Night House with Lit Window' (2012), where color filled compositional dynamics. Dodd's approach involves weighting masses and details, emphasizing elements to give tension and energy. Her subjects, often gardens and interiors, are rendered in taut compositions that avoid mere charm, instead presenting nature and color-forms as sovereign forces. The exhibition highlighted her six-decade career of making elements count through precise characterization.