On View
Not on viewObject number1982/3.18
Journey
Artist
Helen Gerardia
(American (b. Russia), 1903-1988)
Dateca. 1960-1972
Mediumscreenprint
Dimensionsimage: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 in. (61.3 × 45.7 cm)
sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 in. (61.3 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Exhibition HistoryRound and Round, Ethel Denton Groos Gallery, November 4, 2017 - March 4, 2018
"Beyond the Club: Re-historicizing Women in Abstract Expressionism," Graham Gund Gallery at Kenyon College (January 19-April 18, 2019)
"Colors! Shapes! Patterns!" KIA Upjohn Mason Grandchildren's Interactive Gallery (March 12 - June 12, 2022).Label TextIn the 1960s, Russian-born immigrant Helen Gerardia—like much of the world—became fascinated by what she described as “the broad new horizons of outer space." Her paintings and prints, in spare colors and shapes emphasizing negative space, imagine the infinite space of the universe. Dynamic, elongated angles resemble rays of light, paths of astral bodies, or unknown forces woven into the fabric of space and time.
Helen Gerardia experimented in various styles, including Abstract Expressionism
and Cubism, before developing her hard-edged style of geometric abstraction with reduced color.
