The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art presents "Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction," the retrospective showcases Esphyr Slobodkina's role in the development of American abstraction.
The exhibition includes her noted abstract artworks from the 1930s to 1950s, two original 1939 "Caps For Sale" book illustrations, her sculpture and assemblages, including Sheldon's 1939 piece, "Sailor's Wife."
Born in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, Slobodkina (1908-2002) fled with her family to China in 1917 during the Russian Revolution and later immigrated to the United States, where she attended the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1928. By the mid-1930s, she became well known for her paintings using hard-edged geometric abstractions in unlikely combinations. She applied her creative vision to a variety of pursuits. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists and a popular author and illustrator.
Slobodkina said, "To me abstract art is not an abstract of nature. To me abstract art is an abstract of all the basic qualities of good painting transferred unto the canvas without the crutches of realistic, symbolic, surrealist, or socially significant elements."
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