Helen Frankenthaler and the liquid canvas
Agnes Martin and the quiet grid
Vija Celmins and the infinite detail
Tamara de Lempicka and modern speed
Maruja Mallo and defiant surrealism
Sofía Bassi and the prison canvas
YOUR GOAL
Master of Six women who painted outside the lines
choko Coenties Slip served as a unique waterfront sanctuary for American abstract artists
choko Agnes Martin and the Grid
Hand-drawn lines, Hand-drawn lines, A quiet grid of graphite grey.
choko Born in Canada in 1912, Agnes Martin struggled for decades before moving to New York in 1957 to find her style.
choko Coenties Slip served as a cheap waterfront haven for legendary postwar pioneer artists.
choko Arrange delicate lines on the canvas to discover how Agnes Martin painted quiet, meditative grids.
No distractions: Agnes Martin lived for thirty years in New Mexico without a phone, TV, or radio to keep her mind perfectly clear.
A network of uniformly spaced horizontal and perpendicular lines. Agnes Martin painted delicate grids on square canvases to express serene innocence while working in New Mexico.
What everyday writing tool did Agnes Martin use to draw the precise lines of her signature grids?
choko Agnes Martin
Draw my stripes in the desert air (in the desert air) / Solitude is freedom when I'm out there (yeah, when I'm out there)
What natural subject did Agnes Martin say she was thinking about when she created her very first grid painting?
In which historic Manhattan waterfront area did Agnes Martin live alongside artists like Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Indiana?
What kind of industrial spaces did the artists of Coenties Slip convert into cheap, spacious studios?
How long did Agnes Martin's self-imposed hiatus from painting last after she left New York in 1967?
In which state did Agnes Martin eventually settle in 1968, building her own home out of native logs and adobe?
Why did Agnes Martin reject the "Minimalist" label, preferring to be called an Abstract Expressionist?