A Visit with Gail Levin, author of Alice Baber: An Artist’s Triumph Over Tragedy

Acclaimed art biographer Gail Levin brings to life the fascinating story of Alice Baber, an East End artist known for creating the illusion of floating light through the use of vibrantly colored shapes in her abstract paintings.  Lauded as an “artist of lyrical abstractions,” Baber’s revered works took the world by storm and are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney. In her vividly written and richly detailed book, Gail Levin details Baber’s life from her rural up-bringing as a child prodigy to her years exhibiting around the world as part of the exhilarating mid-century modern art scene to falling into near oblivion following her premature death at age fifty-four. It is an opportunity for a new generation to discover the art, talent, charm, activism, and ambition of Alice Baber and her place in the world of modern art.