Louise Nevelson
( 1899-1988 )
“Art Is Everywhere, Except It Has To Pass Through A Creative Mind.”
- Louise Nevelson
Louise Nevelson was an Russian-American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden all pieces and outdoor sculptures.
She emerged in the art world amidst the dominance of the Abstract Expressionist movement. In her most iconic works, she utilized wooden objects that she gathered from urban debris piles to create her monumental installations - a process clearly influenced by the precedent of Marcel Duchamp's found object sculptures and readymades.
Feminism & Art
Louise Nevelson has been a fundamental key in the feminist art movement.Credited with triggering the examination of femininity in art, Nevelson challenged the vision of what type of art women would be creating with her dark, monumental, and totem-like artworks which were culturally seen as masculine. Nevelson believed that art reflected the individual, not "masculine-feminine labels", and chose to take on her role as an artist, not specifically a female artist She sculpted in wood in direct response to her male peers using metal
On Material & Process
Although she used wood as her primary material,” no, I am not in love with wood as such, let other artists be in love with it. The forms were important. If I loved wood so much, I wouldn't paint it, I would leave it” she said.
She saw possibilities in ready made objects.
