The Grand Valley

In thefinal, absorbing volume of his Three Paintings Trilogy, philosopher and criticMorgan Meis explores the art of Joan Mitchell and in particular one of hercrowning achievements, the Grand Valley series. Mitchell, atwentieth-century American artist who found herself living and working inFrance, is a figure of contradictions—at once formidable and fragile, solitaryand hungry for human connection. The GrandValley paintings, born from a memory not her own, become a focal point forunderstanding Mi