Nora Griffin's 'Modern Love' exhibition showcases modernist sensibility in unique paintings at Louis B. James Gallery.

Nora Griffin's exhibition 'Modern Love' at the Louis B. James Gallery showcases paintings that reflect a modernist approach, intertwining emotional depth with cultural representation. In a catalog conversation with Peter Gallo, Griffin articulates modernism as a blend of personal emotion and cultural context, asserting that abstraction emerged to articulate this new perspective. She identifies this aesthetic in Manet's portrait of Berthe Morisot, with androgynous interpretations of Manet's faces recurring throughout her work. These faces are set against stylized backgrounds that are both art historically aware and loosely executed. Griffin's paintings straddle the line between casual studio notes and profound explorations of gesture, color, and space. The exhibition features 'Diamond Heart' (2016), an oil on canvas piece measuring 5½ x 58½ inches, and runs until March 20 at 143b Orchard Street, New York City, between Rivington and Delancey streets. David Cohen reviewed the show for artcritical, designating it as an 'ARTCRITICAL PICK.'