Abstract art exhibition curated by Christine Macel
Women in Abstraction. Another History of Abstraction in the 20th Century or Elles font l'abstraction. Une autre histoire de l'abstraction au XXe siècle was a major exhibition of 20th century abstract art created by women. It was curated by Christine Macel. The exhibition was first presented at the Centre Georges Pompidou from 19 May to 23 August 2021.
It traveled to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao where was exhibited from 2 October 2021 to 27 February 2022. In 2022 the exhibition traveled to West Bund Museum in China.
In May 2021 Symposium Women in Abstraction was held at the Centre Pompidou.
Artists
The following artists were included in the show:
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Berenice Abbott
- Carla Accardi
- Etel Adnan
- Anni Albers
- Laure Albin-Guillot
- Gertrud Arndt
- Ruth Asawa
- Elena Asins
- Vanessa Bell
- Lynda Benglis
- Martha Boto
- Louise Bourgeois
- Trisha Brown
- Jagoda Buić
- Mary Ellen Bute
- Marcelle Cahn
- Huguette Caland
- Regina Cassolo
- Rosemarie Castoro
- Giannina Censi
- Judy Chicago
- Lucinda Childs
- Wook-kyung Choi
- Irene Chou
- Lygia Clark
- Carlotta Corpron
- Parvine Curie
- Dadamaino
- Elaine de Kooning
- Sonia Delaunay-Terk
- Germaine Dulac
- Alice Essington Nelson
- Alexandra Exter
- Claire Falkenstein
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
- Esther Ferrer
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
- Loïe Fuller
- Gego
- Nathalie Gontcharova
- Marcia Hafif
- Harmony Hammond
- Mary Heilmann
- Florence Henri
- Barbara Hepworth
- Carmen Herrera
- Eva Hesse
- Sheila Hicks
- Marta Hoepffner
- Georgiana Houghton
- Lotte Jacobi
- Shirley Jaffe
- Virginia Jaramillo
- Tess Jaray
- Barbara Kasten
- Ilona Keserü
- Helen Khal
- Hilma af Klint
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- Benita Koch-Otte
- Běla Kolářová
- Katarzyna Kobro
- Lee Krasner
- Germaine Krull
- Ida Lansky
- Bice Lazzari
- Verena Loewensberg
- Barbara Maples
- Agnes Martin
- Dora Maurer
- Marie Menken
- Joan Mitchell
- Nasreen Mohamedi
- Marlow Moss
- Tania Mouraud
- Aurelia Munoz
- Elizabeth Murray (artist)
- Aurelie Nemours
- Louise Nevelson
- Véra Pagava
- Gret Palucca
- Marta Pan
- Lygia Pape
- Alicia Penalba
- Howardena Pindell
- Lioubov Popova
- Saloua Raouda Choucair
- Judit Reigl
- Bridget Riley
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Olga Rozanova
- Valentine de Saint-Point
- Zilia Sánchez
- Helen Saunders
- Lillian Schwartz
- Arpita Singh
- Janet Sobel
- Varvara Stepanova
- Hedda Sterne
- Jessica Stockholder
- Gunta Stölzl
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Atsuko Tanaka
- Lenore Tawney
- Elsa Thiemann
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
- Alma Woodsey Thomas
- Fahrelnissa Zeid
References
- "Women in Abstraction". Mediumistic Art. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Symposium Women in Abstraction". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Women in Abstraction". Centre Pompidou. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Women in Abstraction". Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Women in Abstraction". Judit Reigl. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Symposium Women in Abstraction". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Women in abstraction. London : New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc. 2021. p. 170. ISBN 978-0500094372.