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Art :: Exhibition
Labyrinth of Forms Women and Abstraction, 1930-1950
11:00 AM
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Description:
Exhibition|05.13.23 - 09.03.23 Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Labyrinth of Forms
Women and Abstraction, 1930-1950
During the 1930s and 1940s, abstraction began to gain momentum as
an exciting, fresh approach to modern artmaking in the United States, and a small contingent of American artists dedicated themselves to it. Labyrinth of Forms, a title inspired by an Alice Trumbull Mason work in the exhibition, alludes to the sense of discovery that drove these artists to establish a visual language reflecting the advances of the twentieth century.

A significant number of American abstractionists were women, and their efforts propelled the formal, technical, and conceptual evolution of abstract art in this country. A few, such as Lee Krasner and Louise Nevelson, have been duly recognized, but most remain overlooked despite their contributions. Drawn almost entirely from the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Labyrinth of Forms highlights both the achievements of these artists and the ways in which works on paper served as sites for important exploration and innovation.
Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Address: 551 Broadway Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: N/A

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