Absorbing Art

1941

Oil on canvas

76.5 × 63.8 cm (30.1 × 25.1 in)

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In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.

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Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Aristodimos Kaldis immigrated to America from Greece and became a painter, lecturer, and left-wing activist in New York City. Absorbing Art shows a Black man sitting on a bench in what appears to be an art gallery or museum. The paintings on the walls behind him—a medieval religious panel and a modern abstraction—seem to reflect Kaldis's interest in the making connections between disparate cultural traditions.

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