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SHANE GUFFOGG: COLOR Part 7

SHANE GUFFOGG: COLOR  Part 7

Shane Guffogg: Color Essay 7
Women and the Abstract Expressionist movement making history
(Conversation between Victoria Chapman and Los Angeles based artist, Shane Guffogg continues)

In Color Essay 6 we talked about women artists from the Abstract Expressionist movement starting with Helen Frankenthaler’s absence of color to the bold brushstrokes of Lee Krasner, and onward to Joan Mitchell who taught us how to see differently. Then there were the spiritual missions of Agnes Martin and Hilma af Klint. In Color Essay 7 we continue to explore the movement and talk about how these courageous women develop their own independent voice during this revolutionary period in art history.

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