July/August 2018, The Brooklyn Rail, In conversation: Dona Nelson with Leeza Meksin
June 27, 2018, Albany Times Union, Tang features ‘Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings’
Past Exhibitions 2018
Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings
Dona Nelson, Red and Green Noses (front), 2013, acrylic, acrylic medium, and painted string on canvas, 83 x 78 inches, collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Dona Nelson, Red and Green Noses (back), 2013, acrylic, acrylic medium, and painted string on canvas, 83 x 78 inches, collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Dona Nelson, Table Top, 1987, oil on linen, 75 ¼ x 84 x 2 inches, courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Dona Nelson, The Old Apple Tree (front), 2015, acrylic and acrylic mediums on canvas (double-sided), 78 x 83 inches, collection of Nancy and Stanley Singer
Dona Nelson, The Old Apple Tree (back), 2015, acrylic and acrylic mediums on canvas (double-sided), 78 x 83 inches, collection of Nancy and Stanley Singer
Dona Nelson, Skylight Rubbing, Walnut Lane Summer, 2002, charcoal and acrylic medium on canvas, 126 x 72 inches, courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Dona Nelson, Fry’s Dogs, Walnut Lane Summer, 2002, charcoal and acrylic medium on canvas, 126 x 72 inches, courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Dona Nelson, Octopus as Astronaut, 1991-1992, acrylic and cheesecloth on canvas, 84 x 84 x 2 inches, private collection, New York
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Dona Nelson, Wavelength, 1986, oil, charcoal, canvas collage on canvas, 77 7/8 x 65 1/16 inches, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Theodoron Foundation Purchase Award, by exchange, 1987.87.3531
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Dona Nelson, The Tuning Fork, 1998, muslin and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 60 inches, collection of Jeffrey Schrager & Anne York, Wrightsville Beach, NC
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Installation view, Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings, Tang Teaching Museum, 2018, photo by Andreas Vesterlund
Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings presents artworks from the last four decades to demonstrate the breadth and continuity of Nelson’s influential painting career. Originally from Grand Island, Nebraska, Nelson received her B.F.A. from Ohio State University in 1968. While still an undergraduate at Ohio State, Nelson moved to New York City to participate in the newly-formed Whitney Independent Study Program in the fall of 1967. In the following decades, she played a prominent role in shaping the direction of abstract painting in New York, forging an independent vocabulary and style that melds painting with sculpture, representation with abstraction, and oils and acrylics with nontraditional materials such as cheesecloth and modeling paste. The exhibition brings together a group of Nelson’s gestural and large-scale canvases from both public and private collections to form a vibrant and immersive installation.
Nelson’s paintings have been featured in solo exhibitions at the Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Cheim and Read, Michael Klein Gallery, Scott Hanson Gallery, and Hamilton Gallery. Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions presented at New York University; Whitney Museum of American Art; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; Nassau County Museum of Art; Mary Boone Gallery, and Marlborough Gallery. Nelson is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where she has taught since 1991.
Exhibition Name
Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings
Exhibition Type
Solo Exhibitions
Place
Wachenheim Gallery
Dates
May 12, 2018 - Aug 12, 2018
Curators
Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings is curated by Dayton Director Ian Berry.
Artists
Dona Nelson
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Publisher
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Year Published
2020
Page Count
231
Cover Type
Hardcover
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