
"In a storage area of Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, there is a striking portrait known to only a few art
lovers. It’s the work of Joseph Solman (1909–2008), the Vitebsk-born
American Jewish artist whose studio was located for decades over the
former site of New York City’s 2nd Avenue Deli.... “Naomi” pays
tribute to an artist who has likewise long been known to only a select
few: Naomi Replansky, the 94-year-old poet whose “Collected Poems” Black
Sparrow Books recently published." Read the complete
article.