Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring / Mauritshuis, 2023
oil on linen mounted on MDF, 13 x 15 3/4 inches
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
CONTEMPLATING VERMEER
Sarasota Art Museum
November 17, 2024 - April 13, 2025
https://www.sarasotaartmuseum.org/joe-fig-contemplating-vermeer/
REVIEWS for Contemplating Vermeer:
Hyperallergic: Painter Immortalizes the Crowds at Rijksmuseum's Sold Out Vermeer Show, November 18, 2024 Rhea Nayyar
WUSF/NPR: Sarasota Exhibit Goes Meta: Features Paintings of Fans Viewing Epic Showing of Vermeer’s Work, November 3, 2024
The Observer: Sarasota Art Museum Paintings Exhibit Puts the Focus on the Viewer, January 29, 2025, Monica Roman Gagnier
Sarasota Magazine: Artist Joe Fig Paints Viewers Looking at Paintings by Johannes Vermeer, January 15, 2025, Kay Kipling
Sarasota Herald Tribune: Sarasota Art Museum Looks at the Art of Looking at Art, January 3, 2025, Marty Fugate
PodCasts:
Behind the Masterpiece: Joe Fig at the Sarasota Art Museum: Painting the Art of Contemplation, November 19, 2024
Considering Art: Joe Fig, Painter, December 2, 2024
TV:
Fox 13 Tampa Bay: Contemplating Vermeer Sarasota Museum of Art Exhibition Highlights Experiencing Art, January 22, 2025, Barry Wong
2023
Two Coats of Paint: Joe Fig's Cagey Meta Paintings, Oct 10, 2023
Brooklyn Rail: Joe Fig Contemplating Compositions, October 2023
Washington Square News: Painter and Sculptor Joe Fig on the Importance of Seeing, Sept 18, 2023
New York Magazine: See Joe Fig, October 9 - 22, 2023