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b. 1911, Franced. 2010
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b. 1936, United Statesd. 2023
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b. 1900, United Statesd. 1984
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Giant Women on New York brings together a group of artist who became peers in New York City during the late 1960s and early ‘70s. The exhibition offers a brief window into a politically charged and art historically important moment in which they advanced the field of figurative painting through their respective practices, and engaged in activist organizing around this shared artistic commitment.

As members of the Alliance of Figurative Artists, Alice Neel, Juanita McNeely, Joan Semmel, and Anita Steckel were part of a network that championed figuration at a time when Abstract Expressionism as well as Conceptual Minimalism dictated innovation in local and national discourses. Insisting on the figure as subject, this group of peers instead pushed the possibilities of figuration to absorb their experiences, observations, sensations, and improvisations.

In parallel, many of these artists shared membership in other significant activist networks and gallery co-ops,...More expand_more

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52 White St, New York, NY 10013, USA
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GROUP EXHIBITIONON VIEW

Giant Women on New York

Press Release
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Giant Women on New York brings together a group of artist who became peers in New York City during the late 1960s and early ‘70s. The exhibition offers a brief window into a politically charged and art historically important moment in which they advanced the field of figurative painting through their respective practices, and engaged in activist organizing around this shared artistic commitment.

As members of the Alliance of Figurative Artists, Alice Neel, Juanita McNeely, Joan Semmel, and Anita Steckel were part of a network that championed figuration at a time when Abstract Expressionism as well as Conceptual Minimalism dictated innovation in local and national discourses. Insisting on the figure as subject, this group of peers instead pushed the possibilities of figuration to absorb their experiences, observations, sensations, and improvisations.

In parallel, many of these artists shared membership in other significant activist networks and gallery co-ops,...More expand_more

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52 White St, New York, NY 10013, USA
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b. 1911, Franced. 2010
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b. 1936, United Statesd. 2023
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b. 1900, United Statesd. 1984
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