K-12 educators are invited to a free open house at Mint Museum Uptown on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free refreshments will be served. It’s a great opportunity for educators to learn more about what the Mint Museum has to offer for students. Free refreshments will be offered.
There will be drop-in activities and free admission to Women of Abstract Expressionism, which will be on display through January 22nd, 2017.
Women of Abstract Expressionism is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the groundbreaking women artists affiliated with the Abstract Expressionist movement during its seminal years, between 1945 and 1960. Organized by the Denver Art Museum , this important project brings together approximately 50 major works of art by twelve of the key women involved with the movement on both the East and West Coasts. The large-scale, colorful, and energy-filled canvases in the show, lent by major museums, private collectors, and artist estates, are certain to thrill and inspire museum visitors. Women of Abstract Expressionism includes canvases by such well-known artists as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, and Grace Hartigan, as well as works by their colleagues Perle Fine, Jay DeFeo, Sonia Getchoff, Deborah Remington, Ethel Schwabacher, Mary Abbott, and Judith Godwin, whose work is currently gaining renewed appreciation. The exhibition focuses on the expressive freedom of direct gesture and innovative artistic process that was at the core of the movement, while exploring each artist’s highly personal response to particular memories and experiences.
Women of Abstract Expressionism is accompanied by a host of engaging didactic materials and a beautiful catalogue published by Yale University Press featuring contributions by exhibition curator Gwen Chanzit; Robert Hobbs; Irving Sandler; Ellen Landau; Susan Landauer; and Joan Marter. The Mint Museum is one of just two additional venues for this not-to-be-missed show, which makes a significant contribution to art historical scholarship and constitutes a rare opportunity for visitors to see so many key works of modern art together in one place.
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