The project remains largely unexhibited due to its sensitive nature and family opposition. Archive Dispute : In 2010, New York University returned the "Growing" series to the Larry Rivers Foundation after learning of the daughters' objections. Preservation
Rivers never hid his love of the human figure. In many versions of the Growing series from 1981, the base of the plant curls inward in a way that mimics torsos or embracing limbs. Rivers is using botany as a disguise to paint the one subject that obsessed him for 50 years: the awkward, vital, decaying human body. growing 1981 larry rivers
For decades, the footage remained largely unseen by the public, held within the artist’s private collection. The situation changed in 2010 when the Larry Rivers Foundation sought to include the 45-minute film and its outtakes in a sale of the artist’s archives to New York University (NYU). The project remains largely unexhibited due to its
This public link is valid for 7 days and shares a thread, including any personal information you added. This link or copies made by others cannot be deleted. If you share with third parties, their policies apply. Can’t copy the link right now. Try again later. In many versions of the Growing series from
The story of "Growing" did not end with the closing of the 1981 exhibitions. It has created a permanent fracture in the way art history views Larry Rivers.