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Joan Thorne

Vittorio Colaizzi at Two Coats of Paint lays out a case that Joan Thorne is a painter and artist. More #joanthorne

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#gesturalabstraction #joanthorne #womenartists

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Alfred Manessier

Saw below recently at the Bechtler. (from the show placard) “Inspired by the environment of his birthplace in northern France, Alfred Manessier began to paint landscapes at an early age. Although his work became increasingly abstract in the postwar period, landscape subjects persisted throughout his career-specific places, indeterminate settings, and, as in Northern Spring, the seasons and his…

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#alfredmanessier #internationalartists

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Eduardo Chillida

Renowned for his monumental sculptures, Chillida created domestically-scaled sculptures, drawings, collages, and prints. His work is the subject of a recent exhibit at the Bechtler. More #eduardochillida

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#abstractsculpture #eduardochillida #internationalartists #latinoartists

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Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson

has an amazing exhibit up at the Bechtler. If you are in the Charlotte area any time soon I highly recommend it. The artist and her longtime assistant, Jillian Glass Braganza, dress a loom with silk yarn, a task that can take weeks for larger works. These threads, called the warp, will remain stationary on the loom during the weaving, but first, they are placed over the schematic drawing and…

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#fiberart #hildurasgeirsdottirojnsson #internationalartists #womenartists

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Josef Albers

It would be hard to overstate the influence Albers has had on me as a creative and an instructor. I’ve written recently about this coming to the forefront of my practice including how my feelings about the moral deficiency of so many white l, male Modernists is a part of holding contradiction for me. There is a foundation of course dedicated to the careers of Josef & Anni Albers. More (my…

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#hardedgeabstraction #internationalartists #josefalbers

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Ellen Lesperance

whose patterned paintings depict full-body garments of female activists engaged in direct action protests, like Xylor, is in The Apex is Nothing. More #ellenlesperance

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Alfred Jensen

is the inspiration for The Apex is Nothing at Pratt Manhattan which features Xylor and others. Alfred studied painting at the San Diego Fine Arts School and in Munich under Hans Hofmann. After moving to the United States in 1934, his patron Saidie Alder May encouraged him to pursue his interest in color theory and pattern. #alfredjensen

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#alfredjensen #graphicpainting

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Sheila Crider

BmoreArt says Sheila’s newest, Relief at New Door Creative, is one of nine April exhibitions to check out. More #sheilacrider

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#blackartists #nontraditionalmaterials #sheilacrider #womenartists

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Erin Shirreff

Erin Shirreff’s diverse body of work, which includes photography, video, and sculpture, is united by her interest in the ways we experience three-dimensional forms in an age in which our perception is almost invariably mediated by still and moving images. #erinshirreff

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#abstractsculpture #erinshirreff #internationalartists #womenartists

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Stanford Kay

Dominick at Whitehot has words (like “master of color theory”) about a 12 year survey of Stanfords work at Garrison Art Center. More #stanfordkay

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#graphicpainting #stanfordkay

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Johannes Itten

As often happens with canon artists (given their numbers), I discovered recently while writing about my own practice that I had yet to blog about Johannes, one of the greatest colorists of the Modern era (probably only slightly less well known than Josef Albers). He was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school. #johannesitten

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#hardedgeabstraction #internationalartists #johannesitten #symbolistart

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Wu Jian’an

John Seed at White Hot Magazine has words about Shifting Fields: Contemporary Chinese Painting at Stanford Art Gallery which includes Wu and 9 other artists. More #wujianan

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#asianartists #gesturalabstraction #wujianan

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Weiyang Gao

Juxtapoz has words about Weiyang’s newest at GR gallery- specifically that the new series embodies a journey through space-time, where ethereality meets order, expressing our desire for liberty within imposed frameworks. More #weiyanggao

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#asianartists #symbolistart #weiyanggao

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Liz Collins

Elizabeth Frazzare at Artsy says abstract weaving is having a moment (and explains why she thinks so). She gives a nod to Liz (and covers Melissa and the women of Bauhaus obviously). More #lizcollins

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#fiberart #lizcollins #womenartists

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Joey Parlett

first solo show, Foregrounds and Horizon Lines, with Turley Gallery, features new works on paper in which he used a map-making quill and ink to weave together elements from 1970’s geology textbooks, American West survey photography, graphic design, and minimalism. More #joeyparlett

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Leon Polk Smith

I’m often surprised, though I shouldn’t be given how broad and deep the canon is, that pieces of that story are missing from a blog that covers 1,500 plus artists (this btw for those who are new). Leon Polk Smith was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstractpaintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follower of the Hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute…

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#hardedgeabstraction #leonpolksmith