Howardena Pindell's Website: https://www.howardenapindell.org/ Howardena Pindell was born in Philadelphia, in 1943. She attended both Boston University and Yale, and later went on to teach at State University of New York, Stony Brook, and Yale. Pindell worked at the Museum of Modern Art for around 12 years, with her focus being on Prints and Illustrated Books. Pindell's art-making process involves destruction, as well as reconstruction, and an emphasis on layering and texture. Her work has become more politically driven overtime. Here is a list of some of Pindell's most notable solo exhibitions (taken from howardenapindell.org): "Spelman College (1971, Atlanta), A.I.R. Gallery (1973, 1983, New York), Just Above Midtown (1977, New York), Lerner-Heller Gallery (1980, 1981, New York), The Studio Museum in Harlem (1986, New York), the Wadsworth Atheneum (1989, Hartford), Cyrus Gallery (1989, New York), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery (1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, Chicago, Detroit, and New York), Garth Greenan Gallery, New York (2014), and Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta (2015).” Some of Pindell's work and my personal reflections: Untitled #98:
I really like this piece, and for some reason it kind of reminds me of Picasso's work - maybe because of the colors. More specifically, I like the texture and dimension of this piece, as well as the inclusion of not only paper dots, but the paper that those dots were cut out of. I also appreciated that the dots sort of come off the edges of the board, making the whole piece not just a perfect rectangle. Although I like the use of colors in this piece, I do not love the actual tone of the colors. I typically prefer more vibrance, rather than a chalkier look. I look forward to experimenting with the use of paper scraps with holes punched out of them in my pieces in the future. Prism #3: I was immediately drawn to this piece, Prism #3. I appreciate the incorporation of the paper dots into the paper itself. I feel like this gives the whole piece a certain richness, that it may have lacked if it was simply layered collage. I also like the organic shape of this piece and how that contrasts with the straight lines and geometry of the triangle, or "prism". I think this particular contrast could easily be incorporated in some form into my work, as it, at least to me, goes along with the idea of chaos and order. Untitled #4: I love this piece and its overall simplicity. It reminds me that art can be rich and interesting, even when it involves very few elements. I am curious how Pindell was able to create such depth in this piece. I'm thinking that some of the dots are under some sort of transparent paper, while other are over. This reminds me of what I did with mesh on one of my most recent pieces.
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