Janet Sobel, a Ukrainian artist who made a significant impact on the Abstract Expressionist movement in mid-century New York, is finally receiving the recognition she deserves at the Menil Collection in Houston. The exhibition, titled 'Janet Sobel: All-Over,' showcases Sobel's innovative techniques that predated the more well-known Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
Despite her brief but meteoric rise to prominence in the art world, Sobel's contributions were largely overlooked due to her gender and her departure from New York at the height of her success. The exhibition at the Menil Collection aims to correct this historical oversight by featuring around thirty of Sobel's paintings and drawings, including her groundbreaking 'Milky Way' from 1945.
