Maria Luisa Pachecob. 1919, Bolivia; d. 1982, United StatesMontañas, 1979Mixed media on canvas Born in Bolivia in 1919, Maria Luisa Pacheco was a modernist painter whose work bridged the physical and spiritual landscapes of the Andes. Trained in architecture and fine arts, she developed a distinctive...
Sonia Gechttoffb. 1926, Philadelphia; d. 2018, New York CityUntitled (SF-2007-AC-878), 2007Acrylic on canvasSonia Gechtoff was a prominent figure in the American Abstract Expressionist movement, working on both coasts, first in San Francisco and later in New York City. Her abstract landscapes combined gestural intensity with...
Chioma Ebinama b. 1988, United States Anwulili Made Us in Her Likeness (Conception Sequence) and Our Conception, 2016 Ink and watercolor on Japanese kozo paper In Anwulili Made Us in Her Likeness (Conception Sequence) and Our Conception (2016), Chioma Ebinama explores how histories of image-making shape cultural identity....
Lorna Simpsonb. 1960, United StatesThe Car, 199512 serigraphs on felt and text panel...
Christopher Myersb. 1974, United StatesNation of Refugees, 2017Appliqué fabric Inspired by appliqué quilt traditions, Myers’ large-scale textile works explore issues such as slavery, freedom, displacement, and oppression, among other social concerns. Nation of Refugees visualize some sort of existential reckoning, a claiming of place, voice, liberty....
Mequitta Ahujab. 1976, United StatesAutocartography I, 2012Acrylic, colored pencil, oil, and enamel on paper collage...
David Shrobeb. 1974, United StatesAt a Crossroads, 2020Oil, acrylic, graphite on paper, steel, wood, flocking, wool, faux suede, vinyl, fabric, and bookbinding cloth...
Tschabalala Selfb. 1990, United StatesSeated Woman 1, 2023Bronze with patina and oxides with wax coating, ed. 3/3 + 2 AP...
Javier Castrob. 1984, Havana, Cuba; lives in New York, United StatesReconstructing the Hero, 2006Digital videoThis artwork proposes an anthropological exploration of Cuban society. In the video, twenty-six mothers from the margins of Cuban society adopt triumphalist rhetoric to offer a story about the marks that...
Frances Tromblyb. 1976, United StatesPink Silk with Canvas, 2013Hand-dyed, handwoven silk and cotton...
Robert Motherwellb. 1915, United States; d. 1991, United StatesAlberti Suite (Blue Open), 1970Tapestry...
Kenneth Nolandb. 1924, United States; d. 2010, United StatesSongs: “What’s New” (Bobby Haggart), 1984Acrylic on canvas Kenneth Noland began to stain colored rings in target-like forms in 1958 and engage chevron shapes in 1963, geometries that appeared in various formats subsequently throughout his career. Influenced by...
Kenneth Noland b. 1924, United States; d. 2010, United Statesafter Bell, ca. 1967Hooked (hand-tufted); Paternayan wool yarn on commercial cotton cloth Noland is a particularly rich case study in the history of American designer and tapestry artist Gloria Ross’ (1923–1998) work with textiles, as the painter...
Gene Davis b. 1920, United States; d. 1985, United States Three Sisters, ca. 1982 Acrylic on canvas Gene Davis and Kenneth Noland, both featured in this exhibition, were principal artists in what became known as 'Color Field Painting.' They were influenced in the 1950s by Helen Frankenthaler’s stained-canvas...
Patrick Dean Hubbell b. 1986, United StatesYou Brought The New Day To Me, 2019Oil, acrylic, oil stick, enamel, and sewn thread on canvas Patrick Dean Hubbell’s painting titled You Brought The New Day to Me from 2019 is specifically placed in conversation with Noland’s Four Corners...
Gene Davis b. 1920, United States; d. 1985, United StatesMonet's Garden, 1980Acrylic and graphite on canvas...
Polly Apfelbaum b. 1955, United StatesSun Target Drawings, 2018Gouache on paper...
Polly Apfelbaum b. 1955, United StatesWimple, 2009Marker on synthetic velvet...
Frank Stella b. 1936-2024, United StatesHagmatana I, 1967Acrylic and graphite on shaped canvas Frank Stella’s Hagmatana I is from the artist’s well-known Protractor series (1967–9, with additional works until 197). Its shaped canvas presents interlocking half circles that recall this mathematical tool, while in this context,...
Stanley Whitney b. 1946, United StatesSwingtime in Honolulu, 2018Oil on linen Springtime in Honolulu presents a composition made up of square and rectangle blocks of flat color. These geometries appear to move out of the frame that the canvas delineates, as if the multicolored field it...