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Sheila Hicks : 50 years

Sheila Hicks : 50 years

Simon, Joan, 1949-
Book 2010

Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is a pioneering artist noted for objects and public commissions whose structures are built of colour and fibre. This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of Hicks's work. It documents the divergent scale of her textiles as well as her distinctive use, and surprising range, of materials.

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ISBN:
9780300121643
Description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., Nov. 5, 2010-Feb. 27, 2011, the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 25-Aug. 7, 2011, and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 1, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Foreword / Brian T. Allen
Twined thoughts / Susan C. Faxon
Unbiased Weaves / Joan Simon
Ancient lines and Modernist Cubes / Whitney Chadwick
Chronology
Exhibition Checklist
Exhibition history
LCCN:
2010020483
Control Number:
2646375
Other Authors:
Addison Gallery of American Art
Chadwick, Whitney
Faxon, Susan C
Hicks, Sheila, 1934-
Mint Museum of Craft + Design
University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Contemporary Art
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