Linda Ridgway (born 1947) is an American artist in Dallas, TX known for sculpting and printmaking works. Her focus is on themes of femininity, tradition, and heritage. Ridgway is known for her bronze wall reliefs.
Early life and education
Ridgway was born in
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River ...
. She received a B.F.A. from the Louisville School of Art and an M.F.A. from
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
.
Style and work
Ridgway's art piece how did you dare was inspired by Alice in wonderland which she takes whole series of prints from which she had done at flatbed press with Katherine Broomberry.Her art as she described it was sculpted paper and she added the quote "how do you dare" from Shakespeare. With multiple printings and stains of young girls dresses she made art and said the "sometimes the best start is the accident".
Career
Ridgway has participated in various solo and group exhibitions including Linda Ridgway: A Survey, Poetics of Form at the Glassell School of Art at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...
, Texas and the
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas in 1997 and 1998; and ''One Hundred Years: The Permanent Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth'' at the
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) is an art museum of post-World War II art in Fort Worth, Texas with a collection of international modern and contemporary art. Founded in 1892, The Modern is located in the c ...
.
Ridgway was trained as a printmaker, but is best known for her delicate sculptures based on plants and clothing. Her vine-like bronze sculpture ''
The Dance'' demonstrates this synthesis of bronze and plants.
Her work is held in the public collections of the
Dallas Museum of Art,
the
El Paso Museum of Art,
the
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) is an art museum of post-World War II art in Fort Worth, Texas with a collection of international modern and contemporary art. Founded in 1892, The Modern is located in the c ...
, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...
,
The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, ...
(Washington DC).
On June 26th, 2010 Ridgway participated in the
Nasher Sculpture Center'
360 Speakers Seriesin which various sculptors appear to have conversations and lectures on the ever-changing definition of sculpture. Th
lectureitself was recorded and posted to the Nasher Sculpture Center'
Youtube page
Personal life
Ridgway lives and works in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
. She is heavily influenced by her personal life and identity as a mother, daughter, and friend.
Further reading
* Bouchard, Kevin. “Linda Ridgway: Consider.” ''Artlies'', Winter 2003-04: 76.
* Dumbadze, Alexander. “Linda Ridgway: Poetry of Line, Women and Their Work.” ''Art Papers'', September/October, 1998, p. 55-56.
* Emenhiser, Karen. “Linda Ridgway.” ''Detour'', June 1991, p. 71.
* Graze, Sue, ''Linda Ridgway: A Survey, The Poetics of Form'', Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 1997.
* Moody, Tom. “Linda Ridgway.” ''Artforum'', October 1991, p. 133-134.
* Huerta, Benito. “Linda Ridgway „Visual Essays‟: Gerald Peters Gallery.” ''Artlies'', Fall, 1996, p.44.
* Lightman, Victoria Hodge. “Houston: Linda Ridgway.” ''Sculpture'', March, 1998, p. 68.
* Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Linda Ridgway at Gerald Peters.” ''Art in America'', September, 1994.
* Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Ridgway: Always keeping good form.” ''The Dallas Morning News'', Sunday, January 18, 1998.
* Robertson, Tracee W. “The Studio is the Heart of this House: Linda Ridgway,” ''Artl!es'', Fall 2004. P. 34-35.
*Weinstein, Joel. “Linda Ridgway: The Dallas Museum of Art.” ''Artlies'', Spring, 1998, p. 54.
References
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American women sculptors
Modern sculptors
Living people
1947 births
21st-century American women artists
People from Jeffersonville, Indiana
Tulane University alumni