Beverly Fishman
Contentment, Agency, Solace, Dynamism
Lot closes
June 7, 03:18:00 AM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 USD
Current Bid
25,000 USD
1 Bid
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Beverly Fishman
b. 1955
Contentment, Agency, Solace, Dynamism
Executed in 2023.
Urethane paint on wood
43 1/4 x 43 in. (109.9 × 109.2 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Beverly Fishman (b. 1955, Philadelphia, PA; lives in Detroit, MI) is a multidisciplinary artist who channels the aesthetics of pop art and minimalism. Combining the handmade with the industrial, her brightly colored geometric works explore perceptions and representations of technology, science, and the body. Recent solo shows have been organized by Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI; CUE Art Foundation, New York; and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama, Birmingham, among others. Fishman has received various awards and honors, including the Anonymous Was A Woman Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.