Since the early 1950s, Rosalyn Drexler has been an artist who defies easy categorization. She is and has been a painter, a sculptor, a novelist, a playwright, a singer, and even a professional wrestler. Throughout her multifaceted oeuvre, a tension between the artist and the domestic realm has been a persistent theme.

The exhibition At Home with Rosalyn Drexler explores the artist’s relationship with and treatment of domestic spaces throughout her career. Whereas the home is often interpreted as a safe haven, Drexler depicts domestic spaces rife with tension, conflict, and even violence. These works confront viewers with a question: is home a place one escapes to or escapes from? 

Situating Drexler’s artwork within the spatial context of the Pollock-Krasner House, a historic site in which canonical works of art were made both within and near the domestic sphere, this exhibition suggests broader questions about how an artist’s home life might influence their work.

This exhibition is co-curated by Dr. Rachel Silverbloom.