Piotr Uklanski Curates Virtual Group Show on Creative Couples

Piotr Uklanski has curated 'How They Met Themselves: Folie à deux', a virtual group exhibition hosted on Massimo De Carlo's VSpace, accessible until December 17, 2020. The show explores the theme of creative couples in modern art history, from the Pre-Raphaelites to the present, featuring works by nineteen artists. It takes its title from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1864 drawing depicting the artist and his model Lizzie Sidall. The exhibition includes pieces by Man Ray, Lee Miller, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Andrew Wyeth, Nan Goldin, Francis Bacon, Leonor Fini, Elizabeth Peyton, and Félix Vallotton. Uklanski also contributes his own works: a portrait by Elizabeth Peyton and a new painting 'Untitled (Alison)' (2020) depicting his wife Alison Gingeras. The show examines the intertwined artistic and biographical relationships within couples, highlighting the psychological intensities captured in their art. Uklanski notes that the exhibition draws inspiration from the complexities that motivated these pairs to immortalize their bonds on canvas, paper, or film.