I jotted down this name while I was in the SFMOMA as the artist to one of the paintings I really liked. I'm not even sure which painting it was because all I did was write down the name. Anyways, I looked her up and of course I really like her other work. Plus, some how just from looking at her photo (see above) I thought she seemed like an interesting artist and person.
Once I started reading up on Mitchell my favorite discussion on her work is of her physical materiality, as seen here:
title: Girolata Triptychdate: 1964
title: Untitleddate: 1995
Art Net on Joan Mitchell
"Joan Mitchell as an abstract expressionist composes with long curvilinear strokes or broad stains of color, contrasting warm and cool, often on un-primed canvases. Her perceptions enrich her work with a fascinating sense of the unfinished. Joan Mitchell demonstrated in painting just as in life-anything can happen."
"Joan Mitchell as an abstract expressionist composes with long curvilinear strokes or broad stains of color, contrasting warm and cool, often on un-primed canvases. Her perceptions enrich her work with a fascinating sense of the unfinished. Joan Mitchell demonstrated in painting just as in life-anything can happen."
title: Untitleddate: 1955
I love the stick like strokes in this piece and the white space
title: Untitled
date: 1959
This piece is part of the Whitney's permanent collection
date: 1959
This piece is part of the Whitney's permanent collection
title: Untitleddate: 1992
This piece was done the last year of her life
Portrait by Timothy Greenfield-SandersWhat a bad ass
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