Joan Mitchell
Worlds of Colour
13 Feb – 26 Apr 2021
Joan Mitchell, Trees IV, 1992, purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 © Estate of Joan Mitchell.
About
This exhibition presents works on paper produced by the American painter and printmaker Joan Mitchell during the final stage of her career.
Born in Chicago, Mitchell emerged in the early 1950s as a leading figure in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. The artist spent much of her life in France, settling permanently in Vétheuil, near Paris, in 1968, and remained dedicated to Abstract Expressionism throughout her career.
Drawn from the Kenneth Tyler Collection, the prints on display highlight Mitchell’s exploration of colour, shape and space, and consider how these elements contributed to her art. Inspired by the natural world, Mitchell’s work references flowers, trees, water and sky.
Curator: Anja Loughhead with the assistance of David Greenhalgh
Joan Mitchell and Kenneth Tyler surrounded by numerous prints by Mitchell on the walls, floors and table, Tyler Graphics Ltd. artist’s studio, Mount Kisco, New York, 1992
Photographer: Marabeth Cohen-Tyler
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Kenneth Tyler, 2002
Joan Mitchell at Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York State, 1992. Photo: Marabeth Cohen-Tyler
Joan Mitchell and Kenneth Tyler at Mitchell's Vétheuil studio, 1992. Photo: Marabeth Cohen-Tyler
Joan Mitchell, Trees IV, 1992, purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 © Estate of Joan Mitchell.
Joan Mitchell, Bedford I, 1981, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Kenneth Tyler 2002 © Estate of Joan Mitchell.
Joan Mitchell, Trees I , 1992, purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 © Estate of Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell ‘Sunflowers II’, 1992, purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 © Estate of Joan Mitchell
Publication
Joan Mitchell: Worlds of colour is the first exhibition in Australia to explore the work of this North American artist, surveying the series of prints that she created at Tyler Graphics in 1981 and 1992. Born in Chicago, Mitchell emerged in the early 1950s as a leading figure in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. From 1955 she lived and worked between the United States of America and France, settling permanently in Vétheuil, near Paris, in 1968. This publication explores Mitchell’s dedication to abstraction and how she translated her approach to painting through printmaking techniques.
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2021
148 pages
235 x 190 mm
Full Colour | Hardback
RRP A$39.95
ISBN 978 0 642 33492 3
*Members discount available for publication purchases made at the Gallery in the Art Store only.
