Revolution in the making : abstract sculpture by women, 1947-2016 / Contributions by Emily Rothrum, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Jenni Sorkin, Anne M. Wagner ; organized and edited by Paul Schimmel, Jenni Sorkin.
Publication to accompany an exhibition held at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA, March 13-September 4, 2016. Artists represented: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ruth Asawa, Phyllida Barlow, Lynda Benglis, Karla Black, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Abigail Deville, Claire Falkenstein, Gego, Isa Genzken, Sonia Gomes, Françoise Grossen, Eva Hesse, Sheila hicks, Cristina Iglesias, Rachel Khedoori, Yayoi Kusama, Liz larner, Anna Maria Maiolino, Marisa merz, Senga Nengudi, Louise Nevelson, Lygia Paper, Mira Schendel, Lara Schnitger, Shinique Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Michelle Stuart, Kaari Upson, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Hannah Wilke, Jackie Winsor. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Selected group exhibitions / Emily Rothrum. Foreword / Paul Schimmel and Jenni Sorkin -- Acknowledgments / Paul Schimmel -- Five propositions on abstract sculpture / process, materials, and narrative in the 1950s / Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Claire Falkenstein, Louise Nevelson -- What women do, or The poetics of sculpture / Anne M. Wagner -- Magdalena Abakanowicz, Lynda Benglis, Heidi Bucher, Gego, Françoise Grossen, Eva Hesse, Sheila Hicks, Yayoi Kusama, Mira Schendel, Michelle Stuart, Hannah Wilke, Jackie Winsor -- Five propositions on abstract sculpture / Jenni Sorkin -- Isa Genzken, Cristina Iglesias, Liz Larner, Anna Maria Maiolino, Marisa Merz, Senga Nengudi, Lygia Pape, Ursula von Rydingsvard -- Phyllida Barlow, Karla Black, Abigail DeVille, Sonia Gomes, Rachel Khedoori, Lara Schnitger, Shinique Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Kaari Upson -- Exhibition checklist -- Artists' biographies and selected bibliographies / Emily Rothrum -- Selected group exhibitions / Emily Rothrum.
Summary:
This catalog, published to accompany an exhibition at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, examines the undeniable presence and emotional impact of sculpture made from a woman's point of view. Focused solely on abstract sculpture, this exhibition brings together a group of revolutionary sculptural works. It allows us to look at the history of postwar abstraction from a new perspective, illuminating the fundamental changes that these generations of artists brought to bear on sculpture within the histories of modernism and beyond. "The catalogue accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition of postwar abstract sculpture by women artists. Revolution in the Making traces the ways in which women artists deftly transformed the language of sculpture. The volume seeks to identify the multiple strains of proto-feminist practices, characterized by abstraction and repetition, which rejected the singularity of the masterwork. Divided into four sections, the book will feature approximately thirty artists and nearly 100 works in total: the postwar era (the late 1950s) including such historically important predecessors as Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Claire Falkenstein, and Louise Nevelson; the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting a generation of post-minimalist artists who ignited a revolution in their use of process-oriented materials and methods; the 1980s and 1990s, the period that moved beyond singular, three-dimensional objects toward architectonic works characterized by repetition, structure, and design; and post-2000 works by artists who created installation-based environments, embracing domestic materials and craft as an embedded discourse." -- Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.