Patricia Hampl “Blue Arabesque: The Search for the Sublime”

November 2, 2006 / 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince St.
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
New York, NY

From their website:
Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting she saw in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a mysterious Moroccan screen behind her. In Blue Arabesque, Hampl explores the allure of that woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the increasing rush of the modern era. Her tantalizing meditation takes us to the Cote d’Azur and North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugene Delacroix, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield. Join us for an energetic discussion of Matisse’s women and the comtemplations of the sublime that they inspire. Reading, signing, and discussion.