Helen Frankenthaler: Drawing Within Nature, Paintings From The 1990S

Helen Frankenthaler: Drawing Within Nature, Paintings From The 1990S

Helen Frankenthaler: Drawing Within Nature Documents An Exhibition Of FrankenthalerS Sumptuous Paintings From The Early To Mid-1990S, Many Shown In New York For The First Time.This Catalog Documents An Exhibition That Focuses On Helen FrankenthalerS Paintings On Canvas Of The Early 1990S, Along With Three Large-Scale Paintings On Paper From 1995. In This Period, Frankenthaler Experimented With New Mediums And Techniques, Resulting In Thickly Impastoed Surfaces That Recalibrate Our Understanding Of Her Practice. A New Essay By Thomas Crow Examines These Paintings In The Context Of The Varied Environments In Which Frankenthaler Lived And Worked, From The Warm-Toned Terrain Of Santa Fe, New Mexico, To Her Seaside Home And Studio In Stamford, Connecticut.Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Has Long Been Recognized As One Of The Great American Artists Of The Twentieth Century. A Member Of The Second Generation Of Postwar American Abstract Painters, She Is Widely Credited With Expanding The Possibilities Of Abstraction Through Her Invention Of The Soak-Stain Technique, While At Times Referencing Figuration And Landscape In Highly Personal Ways.