February 18, 2021
Contemporary Women Artists
by SAL McINTYRE
With an increasingly bright interest in the importance of women’s voices in modern culture and recent history, a look into a cross-section of contemporary women artists proves the powerful and distinctly female perspective is relevant and enlightened, whether their art is making active social statements or perhaps simply just reflecting an observed beauty from their surroundings. Something wholly unparalleled is to be gained from comingling with art made by women, as the expressed notions plumb much farther than what initially meets the eye.
Lorna Simpson – Recall, SIGNED silkscreen 1998, (and detail)
Recall, a signed 1998 silkscreen by Lorna Simpson, is an exemplary work from the style that brought her to fame, with a poetic and considered pairing of image with words that leads the viewer into an almost cinematic place of contemplation and exploration
Shirin Neshat – In Deference, SIGNED mixed media 2018 (contact to inquire)
For Shirin Neshat, a wry and deadpan brush with humor in this major work In Deference allows for some wonderfully inspiring societal criticisms to be delivered in a popular and approachable way, paving the way for messages that are simultaneously deep with reality and surprisingly lighthearted in tone. More of her stunning work can be seen in special solo exhibition ‘I Will Greet the Sun Again’ which recently opened at The Broad museum in Los Angeles.
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Nalini Malani – Roland Garros French Open, offset lithograph with gold foil 2010 More riveting societal commentary, with either a raw sarcastic or a flamboyant pop sensibility (or perhaps a good measure of both), can be seen in works like Budget Enterprise by New York born, LA-based artist Olga Koumoundouros or Untitled #119 by well-known scathing Hollywood critic Cindy Sherman, who acted as a pioneer creator in launching a portfolio of visuals defining that industry’s counter movement.
Cindy Sherman – Untitled #119, offset lithograph 2013 And to bask in some soulful and intricate appreciation of an artist’s immediate surroundings, the signed 1980 woodcut Dreamscape from little known artist Mary Mendell or the signed 1987 silkscreen Guest Room from renowned photorealistic painter Nancy Hagin are rich with both.
Mary Mendell – Dreamscape, SIGNED woodblock 1980 |
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