MoMA Presents Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions May 5-August 16

MoMA Installation features abstract works by Women artists from midcentury to the present with Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions May 5 through August 16 at the Michael H. Dunn Gallery, second floor.  For more information visit http://www.moma.org.

Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now presents a dozen International Artists whose abstract work features idiosyncratic, organic forms, materials that appear to be malleable and pliable, craft-based techniques, and, in many cases, an engagement with gender and sexuality. Drawn from MoMA's collection, the installation features drawings, prints, books, and sculpture by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Gego, Mona Hatoum, Yayoi Kusama, Anna Maria Maiolino, and Zarina. New acquisitions on view for the first time include Bourgeois's drawing Femme Maison (1947), sculpture, prints, and drawings by Alina Szapocznikow, and drawings and prints by Atsuko Tanaka. This installation is organized by Alexandra Schwartz, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings, and Sarah Suzuki, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr., Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The The Museum of Modern Art.

Image: Louise Bourgeois. Femme Maison. 1947. Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper. 2 1/4 x 9 1/4" (31.1 x 23.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., 2007. © 2010 Louise Bourgeois