Art notes, art / Cynthia Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, Cynthia, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawkins, Cynthia, 1950-.

Hawkins, Cynthia.

Painting, Abstract.

African American women artists.

Artists.

Just Above Midtown, Inc.

Genre:

diaries.

Diaries.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Center for Art, Research and Alliances, [2024]

Summary:

"Since the 1970s, Cynthia Hawkins (born 1950) has investigated the potentials of abstract painting. Her process-oriented practice embraces the improvisational to create a space for her continually evolving vocabulary. From 1979 to 1981, Hawkins documented these developments in a journal. A record of routine and the everyday, the journal also gathers sketches, notes for new and in-progress works, and responses to contemporary art and criticism, bringing the artist's reflections into relief. Art Notes, Art also offers a picture of the burgeoning Black-owned gallery scene in New York that Hawkins was an important participant in--including Just Above Midtown, where she had her first solo exhibition in 1981--as well as the women artists' circle she was an active member of. Art Notes, Art is richly illustrated with works by the artist produced during this key period, photographs and ephemera, and a visual archive of contemporaneous work by her peers." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword

1979

1980

January 10-31, 1981, solo exhibition at Just Above Midtown

Afterword

Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

9781954939059

1954939051

OCLC:

1437722692