Joanne Greenbaum (born 1953) is an American artist, known for her abstract paintings and small sculptures.
She is based in
New York City, and has previously worked in
Neukölln
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in
Berlin.
Early life and education
Joanne Greenbaum was born in 1953, in New York City.
Greenbaum received her BA degree in 1975 from
Bard College, where she studied under the direction of
Elizabeth Murray.
Work
Greenbaum has exhibited her artwork internationally at places such as
MoMA PS1, the
Kusthalle Düsseldorf, the
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and the
Haus Konstruktiv, among others.
Art critic
John Yau
John Yau (born June 5, 1950) is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction ...
writes of Greenbuam's process: "Working within a smaller surface area, and in her own words, doing 'just one thing' at a time, Greenbaum paints incrementally, adding a new layer upon whatever preceded it."
Greenbaum uses
mixed media some of which is not conventional, including oil paint, acrylic paint,
magic marker, and others.
Her paintings have been described as "geological", with each layer forming a distinct
strata
In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ei ...
and she doesn’t remove any of the layers.
Starting in 2004, Greenbaum started to create abstract, small ceramic sculptures after enrolling in a ceramics class at
Greenwich House
Greenwich House is a West Village settlement house in New York City.
History
Greenwich House was founded on Thanksgiving Day in 1902 by city planner and social worker Mary K. Simkhovitch in a building at 26 Jones Street in Manhattan's West Vi ...
.
Greenbaum received a
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
in 2001.
[ "Joanne Greenbaum: The artist talks about painting and the long haul" (interview)](_blank)
''Time Out New York'', September 2, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
References
External links
Joanne Greenbaum - Nothing Major
1953 births
Bard College alumni
Living people
20th-century American painters
21st-century American painters
Painters from New York (state)
American women painters
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American women artists
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