It’s a ‘Small’ World at Bakker Gallery

Written By Dakota X

Arts Briefs for Nov 25 through Dec 1

BY THE INDEPENDENT NOV 23, 2021

Bakker Gallery is showing 16 “smalls” by Arthur Cohen through Dec. 31 at 359 Commercial St. in Provincetown. These notecard-size paintings, no bigger than 5 by 7 inches, are looser than Cohen’s larger, more exacting work, where the surfaces are built up over multiple layers. These, instead, depict intimate moments: the silhouette of the Provincetown Monument on the harbor; studio interiors; Cohen’s wife, Elizabeth, seated at the piano. The gallery is open Friday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Elizabeth Twice is a 3.5-by-5.5-inch oil on card by Arthur Cohen. (Photo courtesy Bakker Gallery)

 
Dakota X

DAKOTA X (b. Boston, 1961) is a Contemporary American Painter. X's artistic work examines the complexities of individual experience particularly in its relation to home, gender identity, isolation and memory. X is a recipient of the Orlowsky Freed Foundation Grant and a finalist in the shortlist for the 2018 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.

https://dakota-x.org/
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