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Long-awaited European debut of American painter Lois Dodd ôDodd is achronicler of what others seem to miss.ö ù Katy Hessel DoddÆs small,intimately scaled paintings are almost always completed in oneplein-air sitting. Her subjects include trees, laundry onclotheslines, New England outbuildings, lush summer gardens, and views of and through windows. She often returns to familiar motifsrepeatedly at different times of the year with dramatically variedresults. Her paintings insist on the worth of what is oftenoverlooked, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary, andinviting viewers to slow down, to look closely, and to find meaning in the passing moment. With contributions by Hans Ulrich Obrist,Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries; Janice McNab, fellow at the WomenÆs International Study Center (Santa Fe); Karen Wilkin, NewYork-based curator and critic specializing in twentieth-centurymodernism; Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of The Great WomenArtists podcast; Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, curator at Kunstmuseum Den Haag; and many others. This book is published on t