Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD)

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Experiments on Stone:

Four Women Artists from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop.

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Overview

Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, Experiments on Stone: Four Women Artists from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop explores the prints produced by a group of artists at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Gego, and Louise Nevelson each completed two-month fellowships at Tamarind during the 1960s. Though they did not overlap with one another during their residencies, the connective thread between their varied bodies of work is the workshop itself. Continue

The Artists

Recognized for her inventive use of color and geometric patterning through weavings and textiles, Anni Albers turned exclusively to printmaking in the late 1960s—discarding the last of her looms in 1968.
Ruth Asawa is known primarily for her weaved wire sculptures that seem to defy and challenge conventional notions of materiality and form.
Gego (born Gertrude Goldschmidt) is widely regarded as a leading figure of 1960s and 1970s abstraction in Venezuela, where she is recognized for her geometric and kinetic sculptures and installations.
Louise Nevelson’s work is characterized by dreamlike constructions that evoke dramatic cityscapes, such as that of New York City, where she lived and worked most of her life.

Additional Resources

Essay: Four Women at Tamarind: Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Gego, and Louise Nevelson

By Alana Hernandez, Assistant Curator

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