#miriam schapiro

[annemarieyeretzian]

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM 🎨 love, ur local art mom 🩵

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hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period and to these artists! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

[abwwia]

Miriam Schapiro (also known as Mimi) (November 15, 1923 – June 20, 2015) was a Canadian-born artist based in the United States. She was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and a pioneer of feminist art. via Wikipedia

Dollhouse by Miriam Schapiro and Sherry Brody, 1972, via Smithsonian American Art Museum

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

Our fine press book this week is MASKS around the world by John Ross (1921-2017). Ross was an esteemed and prolific printmaker as well as a teacher, SAGA president, and recipient of numerous accolades and awards including five MacDowell Colony Fellowships between 1977-1983. In 1991 he created The High Tide Press with wife Clare Romano and went on to produce 19 volumes of his own artist books, including MASKS around the world. 

Ross is credited with helping to develop collagraph plates, a type of printing plate created through collaging materials to a rigid substrate. The collagraphs used to print MASKS around the world were made in Venice, Italy in the summer of 1998. They were created of mat board, fabric, sand and carborundom grits glued together with acrylic polymer gesso. One plate is included with each of the 15 copies of the book. Four of the masks within the book utilize pop up elements to add dimension and whimsy to the depictions and an introduction by Miriam Schapiro reminds readers of the inspiration and power inherent in mask wearing.  

The binding of the book was done by James DiMarcantonio of Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island and features a delightful resin casting. Perhaps unsurprisingly to regular readers, MASKS around the world is from our dear friend Dennis Bayuzick’s extraordinary collection of fine press publications. Special Collections holds number 14 of this limited edition which is signed by the artist. 

The collagraph plates included with our book were used to print the Wasp Mask of the KW AKIUTL from the Northwest Coast of America.

View other books from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick. 

View more Fine Press Friday Posts. 

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

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Miriam Schapiro, Baby Block Bouquet, 1981

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ARTIST: Miriam Schapiro

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Pas de Deux by Miriam Schapiro (2005)

[longlistshort]

There’s only a few days left to see Miriam Schapiro: The André Emmerich Years, Paintings from 1957–76 at Eric Firestone Gallery.

From the press release-

Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015) is now well-known as a pioneer of the Women’s Art Movement, and for her contribution to the Pattern and Decoration Movement. She fused craft work, traditionally made by women, with modern painting in collages termed “femmage.” However, this exhibition will additionally shed light on her early Abstract Expressionist canvases, and her pioneering approach utilizing computer technology to create Hard Edge geometric painting in the 1960s. Spotlighting the legacy of this feminist artist, the exhibition will explore three stylistic phases, with significant examples from these two decades of Schapiro’s career.

This exhibition closes 5/13/23.

[bspoquemagazine]

Docu: !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION (2010) by Lynn Hershman Leeson

Documentation: 2010, 83′, OV Regie: Lynn Hershman Leeson

5. Dezember 2024, 19 Uhr Mit einer Einführung von Elke Kania Sowie Drinks und Snacks. Die Ausstellungen sind von 18 bis 22 Uhr geöffnet. Eintritt frei.

Julia Stoschek Foundation Schanzenstrasse 54, 40549 Düsseldorf

Mit ihrem Dokumentarfilm !Women Art Revolution (2010) würdigt Lynn Hershman Leeson die Frauen, die seit den 1960er Jahren die Kunstwelt geprägt und verändert haben. Der Titel verweist auf das Kollektiv Women Artists in Revolution (WAR), das sich gegen geschlechtsspezifische Diskriminierung im Kunstbetrieb engagierte. Interviews und Filmausschnitte, die sie über Jahrzehnte…

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MUSEO IRREVERENTES: “Blue Angel” (1987)

Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015)Acrílico sobre lienzo72 cm x 80 cm

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Miriam Schapiro

Mother and Child (1959)

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Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015) A Garden in Paradise, 1982 64 x 69 inches acrylic and fabric on canvas.

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Miriam Schapiro

[abwwia]

Miriam Schapiro, Dollhouse, 1972, wood and mixed media, overall: 79 3⁄4 x 82 x 8 1⁄2 in. (202.6 x 208.3 x 21.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund

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Womanhouse (1972): Bridal Staircase, created by Kathy Huberland

"Down the hall a white bride mannequin stands at the top of the staircase, bedecked with ribbons, flowers, veils and a smile. Her train extends to the foot of the stairs slowly discoloring to a muted grey. We see her—dirty, grey, used—crashed headlong into the bottom wall, the entire front half of her body invisible." — Miriam Schapiro

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Dollhouse

Miriam Schapiro

Fecha: 1972

Estilo: Feminist Art

Género: instalación

Media: madera, mixed media

Localización: Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano

Dimensiones: 208 x 202 cm

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Miriam Schapiro - Tidy Art, 1976