“Scene Stealer: Jessie Edelman” By Rachel Miller | October 4, 2016 “The beginning of the article should be like a classic starlet interview,” Jessie Edelman told me. “The old way, where you’re waiting for me at the bar, and you describe the moment I arrive—my eyes, my hair, my outfit—” She caught herself. “Or maybe not? You write it.” That same sweet, fiercely directorial framing tendency is a hallmark of Edelman’s paintings. Inside a careful, thin border, a starlet peers…Read More
“This Weekend: The Best Art Openings” By Rachel Miller, 9.6.16 DENNY GALLERY: STILLS FROM “THE END OF SUMMER” — JESSIE EDELMAN Babes in trunks and bikinis, long gazes, and luxurious Mediterranean vistas: Fort Greene-based artist Jessie Edelman’s sweetly expansive paintings in Stills from “The End of Summer” at Denny Gallery are the ideal way to ignore hurricane season. If Vogue says you should go (and they do), you should definitely go. Plus I say you should go. So go. Opening: Saturday, September…Read More
