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2002

Karen Kilimnik

American, born 1955

The perceived heroics of American mid-century painting are offered up for reappraisal in the work of Kilimnik, who has also made feminist reinterpretations of post-minimalist sculpture in previous works. Here, she dispenses with grand scale and content for a pre-pubescent frame of reference, both in the humble size of the work and in its deliberately naïve imagery.

Water soluble oil on canvas
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Gift of the ContemporaryArtProject, Seattle
2002.26
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "SAM Collects: ContemporaryArtProject", December 21, 2002 - April 6, 2003
Published ReferencesYoung, Tara, "SAM Collects: ContemporaryArtProject" 2002, Seattle Art Museum, 2002, pg. 33

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