Louise Fishman – Artforum<\/a> (Obit) <\/p>\n Louise Fishman, whose process-based large-scale abstractions draw on queer, feminist, and Jewish cultures, died early July 26 at the age of eighty-two. The news was confirmed by New York gallery Karma, which represents the artist. Often working with a grid motif, Fishman melded gestural abstraction with geometric minimalism to create densely layered and textured paintings that appear as if they had been built or woven. From the massive, energetic oil-on-canvas works for which she became known in the 1970s and \u201980s, to the small-scale watercolors of recent years, her entire body of work radiates emotional intensity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Art News Obit <\/a><\/p>\n For a series begun in 1973, known as \u201cAngry,\u201d Fishman reflected on her own frustration with a patriarchal world that oppressed women by scrawling the names of famous women above abstract backgrounds. One in shades of beige and blue referring to the actress Marilyn Monroe reads \u201cANGRY MARILYN\u201d; another is filled with crosshatched green strokes and alludes to the poet Gertrude Stein reads \u201cANGRY GERTRUDE.\u201d Still others refer to Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia founder Ti-Grace Atkinson, the dancer Yvonne Rainer, and Fishman herself. She returned to the series in 2008 for a related body of work called \u201cSerious Rage\u201d that picks up the 1973 series\u2019 themes for a new era, focusing on modern-day figures like Hillary Clinton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1aa2016_05_02_ICA_Louise_Fishman_CM-44-1024x684.jpg\")
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\n(Paper Louise Tiny Fishman Rock, 2016, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Constance Mensh.) <\/p>\n<\/a>
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