Nudes at the Nasher

Having sufficiently recovered from last night’s gluttonous consumption of Trinitinis, I made my way to the Nasher for the press preview of “Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise.” Acting chief curator Jed Morse began our tour of the exhibit with a brief introduction and got a giggle from the audience when he cracked a pun about the artist having to “flesh out” his work.

Morse handled the delicate task of describing Lachaise’s mostly nude sculptures to a female-heavy crowd with aplomb and only characterized one of the pieces as “amply endowed.” The Nasher’s exhibit traces the themes in Lachaise’s career and, as the title suggests, consists mainly of works celebrating the female form (he was definitely a boob man), specifically that of his wife Isabel, whom Morse called Lachaise’s “grand obsession.” Typical.