{"id":2330,"date":"2018-02-13T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:58:39","slug":"mildred-thompson-opens-in-new-york-important-lessons-from-the-estates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"Mildred Thompson Opens in New York & Important Lessons from the Estates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MILDRED THOMPSON :<\/h1>\n

Radiation Explorations and Magnetic Fields<\/h1>\n

February 22 \u2013 March 31, 2018<\/h3>\n

Galerie Lelong, one of New York\u2019s leading galleries<\/em><\/p>\n

I hope you will come out and enjoy this phenomenal event. Meet Mildred\u2019s life partner. Hear the story of this unheralded, extraordinarily talented and courageous female African American artist, a 1958 graduate of Howard University who emigrated to Germany where she trained and taught.\u00a0 There she embraced the German tradition of mastering multiple mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, etching, sculpture and photography, all while becoming an early convert to Abstract Expressionism.<\/div>\n
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Most of all, see the beautiful, thought-provoking art. The work on display is based upon Mildred\u2019s exploration of key scientific theories such as String Theory and Magnetic Fields. Judge for yourself the wonderful result of Mildred\u2019s effort to \u201cmake the invisible visible\u201d.I hope to see you on the 22nd.” Don Roman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mildred Thompson Hysteresis III, 1991 Pastel on paper 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Music of the Spheres: Mercury, 1996 Detail view<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson The Fourth Mystery, 1989 Etching 19 x 25 inches (48.3 x 63.5 cm) Edition of 20 + 1 AP<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Magnetic Fields III, 1991 Gouache on paper 26.9 x 40.75 inches (68.3 x 103.5 cm)<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Wood Picture 18, c. 1972 Found wood and acrylic 48.75 x 36 x 2.5 inches (123.825 x 91.4 cm) Collection New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Magnetic Fields, 1991 Oil on canvas 61.75 x 95.5 inches (156.8 x 242.6 cm) overall<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Untitled, 1989 Watercolor on paper 8 x 7.2 inches (20.3 x 18.3 cm)<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure>
Mildred Thompson Wood Picture 4, c. 1966 Found wood and paint 25.5 \u00d7 38.25 x 2.75 inches (64.8 x 97.2 cm) Collection New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

\"\"In a prolific career spanning over four decades, Mildred Thompson (1936 – 2003) created paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures using a distinctly unique language of abstraction.\u00a0Thompson\u2019s paintings and works on paper are characterized by energetic mark-making, profound understanding of color, and complex compositions that absorb the viewer.\u00a0 She was interested in physics and astronomy and through her own interpretation, sought to visually represent scientific theories and systems that are invisible to the eye.\u00a0Due to the racism and sexism she experienced in the United States, Thompson spent the majority of her career in Germany and France where she created many established bodies of work and exhibited widely.\u00a0Although Thompson\u2019s work has received increasing institutional attention in recent years, she is still relatively unknown in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s work was recently featured in the group exhibition Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today<\/em>\u00a0at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, where it traveled from the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.\u00a0 In 2016, the solo exhibition Mildred Thompson: Resonance, Selected Works from the 1990s<\/em> was presented at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.\u00a0Thompson\u2019s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.;\u00a0New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; and Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., among other institutions.<\/p>\n

Thompson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1936, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2003.\u00a0 The Mildred Thompson Estate is curated by Melissa Messina.<\/p>\n

Link to Mildred Thompson website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Important lessons from the Estates of the Barnes Foundation, Reginald Gammon and Mildred Thompson <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>(From the BAIA Archives – Originally Posted on October 24, 2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n