Louise Nevelson
One of the most important figures in 20th-century American art, Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was an artist best known for her monochromatic wooden assemblages. Born to a Jewish family in Russia, her family emigrated to Maine a few years after her birth during the political revolution. The artist grew up playing in her father’s lumber yard, a long-time creative inspiration for her sculptures. Nevelson moved to New York in 1920 and enrolled in the Art Students League in 1929.
Like many other artists in the 1930s, she was employed by the Works Progress Administration, first assisting Diego Rivera on his mural Portrait of America, and later teaching at the Educational Alliance School of Art. In 1959, Nevelson participated in her first important museum exhibition, “Sixteen Americans,” at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Martha Jackson Gallery gave her a solo show. She was included in the Venice Biennale in 1962. Her first major museum retrospective took place in 1967 at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Today, her works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among numerous other large public and private collections.
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Spectrum
Spring Print & Ceramics Showcase 9 Apr - 28 May 2021Collections collide in this exhibition featuring selections from Zane Bennett Contemporary Art and our sister gallery, form & concept . The display of prints and ceramics is co-curated by Director...Read more -
Women in Print
25 Sep - 23 Dec 2020Women in Print tells the often-overlooked story of female-founded print workshops, which kickstarted an American printmaking renaissance in the 1960s in 1970s that continues today. Prior to the 1960s, printmaking...Read more -
MATCH
Zane Bennett Contemporary | form & concept 26 Jun - 10 Oct 2020Collections collide in this summer display incorporating work from both form & concept and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art. For the first time ever, artworks by the represented artists of form...Read more -
Chromo
Annual Winter/Spring Print Show 31 Jan - 4 Jul 2020El Anatsui, Mel Bochner, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Sol LeWitt, Mark Mulroney, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson, Mimmo Paladino, Hayal Pozanti, Robert Rauschenberg, Bridget Riley, Ed Ruscha, Jonas Wood at Zane Bennett Contemporary ArtRead more -
Stitched Ink
25 Jan - 23 Mar 2019Printmaking at its core is a labor-intensive and highly collaborative process. The medium’s ability to reproduce images and capture unique visual qualities has influenced numerous creative fields, from graphic design...Read more
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Spectrum Series, Pt. 3
MICHAEL DICKEY & LOUISE NEVELSON April 16, 2021Discover conceptual and aesthetic connections between lithographs by Louise Nevelson and ceramics by Michael Dickey in this curatorial conversation from Zane Bennett Gallery.Read more -
Spectrum Series, Pt. 1
Introduction April 9, 2021Read an introduction to Spectrum, a cross-disciplinary exhibition of prints and ceramics presented by Zane Bennett Contemporary Art and Form & Concept Gallery. Gallery Director Jordan Eddy and Print Curator Kylee Aragon Wallis discuss the show and its themes.Read more -
Top Picks | Women's History Month
March 5, 2021'If you ask someone walking past you on the street or even in an art gallery to name five male artists, the response will be...Read more