Joan Snyder
- Introduction
- Joan Snyder (born April 16, 1940) is an American painter from New York. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow (1974).Snyder first gained public attention in the early 1970s with her gestural and elegant "stroke paintings," which used the grid to deconstruct and retell the story of abstract painting. By the late seventies, Snyder had abandoned the formality of the grid. She began more explicitly incorporating symbols and text, as the paintings took on a more complex materiality. These early works were included in the 1973 and 1981 Whitney Biennials and the 1975 Corcoran Biennial. "The functions of Ms. Snyder's art, first and foremost, are to further the tradition of painting and to explore the most serious aspects of the human condition; to connect us not only to one another and to nature but to ancient rites and myths. She reminds us that no matter how modern and civilized we are, art can still be raw, primitive and talismanic. Without apologies or decorum, Ms. Snyder's work awakens all of the things still wild within us." – Lance Esplund, Wall Street JournalOften referred to as an autobiographical or confessional artist, Snyder's paintings are narratives of both personal and communal experiences. Through a fiercely individual approach and persistent experimentation with technique and materials, Snyder has extended the expressive potential of abstract painting, inspiring generations of emerging artists.
- Wikidata
- Q6205466
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Painter
- Name
- Joan Snyder
- Ulan
- 500018221
Exhibitions
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Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980–1995
Jun 20–Sep 10, 1996
MoMA
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Drawing since 1940
Jun 25–Oct 13, 1987
MoMA
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Nov 6, 1986–Mar 31, 1987
MoMA
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NEA Twentieth Anniversary
Sep 23–Oct 29, 1985
MoMA
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Prints: Acquisitions 1977–1981
Oct 15, 1981–Jan 3, 1982
MoMA
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Joan Snyder has
6 exhibitionsonline.
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Joan Snyder Imagine 1975
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Joan Snyder Sweet Cathy's Song (For Cathy Elzea) August-September 1978
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Joan Snyder Study for Resurrection 1978
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Joan Snyder Study for FMSWNL (1980)
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Joan Snyder Mommy Why? (1983-84)
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Joan Snyder Our Foremothers 1995
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Various Artists, Emma Amos, Eleanor Antin, Nancy Azara, Betsy Damon, Mary Beth Edelson, Lauren Ewing, Harmony Hammond, Joyce Kozloff, Diane Neumaier, Faith Ringgold, Miriam Schapiro, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Semmel, Sylvia Sleigh, Joan Snyder, Nancy Spero, May Stevens, Athena Tacha, June Wayne, Martha Wilson Femfolio 2009
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Joan Snyder Angry Women from Femfolio 2009
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