Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone
2007Armstrong, Elizabeth; Johanna Burton; Dave Hickey
192 pages (color)
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Born 1940 California. Known for: Abstract geometric painting-often shaped canvas.
A painter of brightly colored canvases with diverse styles from non-objective to pop art to geometric abstraction, Mary Heilmann does work that often reflects commonplace things she observes in her... Read full biography
A painter of brightly colored canvases with diverse styles from non-objective to pop art to geometric abstraction, Mary Heilmann does work that often reflects commonplace things she observes in her surroundings such as patterns on air vents and window-blinds. Her paintings often have lattice and... Read full biography
A painter of brightly colored canvases with diverse styles from non-objective to pop art to geometric abstraction, Mary Heilmann does work that often reflects commonplace things she observes in her surroundings such as patterns on air vents and window-blinds. Her paintings often have lattice and grid designs. Frequently she paints over her canvases, which builds up both the thickness of the paint and often the intensity of the color. Also she is much influenced by certain movies, literature and... Read full biography
A painter of brightly colored canvases with diverse styles from non-objective to pop art to geometric abstraction, Mary Heilmann does work that often reflects commonplace things she observes in her surroundings such as patterns on air vents and window-blinds. Her paintings often have lattice and grid designs. Frequently she paints over her canvases, which builds up both the thickness of the paint and often the intensity of the color. Also she is much influenced by certain movies, literature and music. Her early paintings are acrylic on canvas, and more recently she has favored oil painting. According to critics, the artist gives the appearance of having fun with her mediums and of not taking herself too seriously. One of her departures... Read full biography
A painter of brightly colored canvases with diverse styles from non-objective to pop art to geometric abstraction, Mary Heilmann does work that often reflects commonplace things she observes in her surroundings such as patterns on air vents and window-blinds. Her paintings often have lattice and grid designs. Frequently she paints over her canvases, which builds up both the thickness of the paint and often the intensity of the color. Also she is much influenced by certain movies, literature and music. Her early paintings are acrylic on canvas, and more recently she has favored oil painting. According to critics, the artist gives the appearance of having fun with her mediums and of not taking herself too seriously. One of her departures from tradition is applying her paint around the sides of her canvases and also painting on sh... Read full biography
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Mary Heilmann: Save the Last Dance for Me
2007Myers, Terry R.112 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesMary Heilmann: (Secession Exhibition Catalogue)
2003
(Exhibition catalog)Heilmann, Mary84 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe All Night Movie (Autobiography)
1999Heilmann, Mary0 pages (color)Abstraction/Abstractions: Geometries Provisoires (Musee d'Art Moderne)
1997Ceysson, Bernard, Eric de Chassey and Camille Morineau223 pages (color)Critiques of Pure Abstraction
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Rosenthal, Mark48 pages (color)Karo Dame/Konstruktive, Konkrete und Radikale Kunst von Frauen von 1914 bis heute
1995Wismer, Beat424 pages (color)The Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989)
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien468 pages40th Biennial Exhibition Contemporary American Painting
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Rifkin, Ned (organizer)78 pages (color)Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art)
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Livingston, Jane/J Beardsley186 pages (color)