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Clare Kirkconnell Ranunculust, 2020

Clare Kirkconnell
Ranunculust, 2020
Oil on canvas
72 x 72 inches
 

Tauba Auerbach Weave/Weave I, 2011

Tauba Auerbach
Weave/Weave I, 2011
Woven canvas
72 x 54 inches
 

Carmen Herrera Tondo: Azul y Rojo, 2019

Carmen Herrera
Tondo: Azul y Rojo, 2019
Aquatint and relief with chine-collé
Sheet: 43 1/4 x 42 3/4 inches
Framed: 47 1/8 x 46 1/2 inches
Edition of 16 

Linda Ridgway Field #1, 2019

Linda Ridgway
Field #1, 2019
Bronze, unique
30 x 8 1/2 x 7 inches

Linda Ridgway Field #2, 2019

Linda Ridgway
Field #2, 2019
Bronze, unique
30 x 14 x 20 inches

Clare Kirkconnell Torryne's Bouquet, 2020

Clare Kirkconnell
Torryne's Bouquet, 2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 inches
 

Julie Mehretu Myriads, Only By Dark, 2014

Julie Mehretu
Myriads, Only By Dark, 2014
4 panel, multi-colored aquatint and spit bite
Each panel: 81 x 45 inches
Edition of 30 

Linda Ridgway Grassland I, Third State, 2018

Linda Ridgway
Grassland I, Third State, 2018
Graphite on paper
44 1/4 x 30 inches
 

Beatriz Milhazes Dovetail, 2019

Beatriz Milhazes
Dovetail, 2019
Woodblock, screenprint, and gold leaf
33 7/8 x 72 7/8 inches
Edition of 40 

Suzanne McClelland Action Figure: Julian Assange Head Only $60, 2014

Suzanne McClelland
Action Figure: Julian Assange Head Only $60, 2014
Dry pigment and polymer on linen
84 x 72 inches

Tauba Auerbach Mesh/Moire III, 2012

Tauba Auerbach
Mesh/Moire III, 2012
Color aquatint etching
Image: 31 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches
Sheet: 40 1/4 x 30 inches
Edition of 40 

Kiki Smith Untitled (Hydrangea), from Touch, 2006

Kiki Smith
Untitled (Hydrangea), from Touch, 2006
Color aquatint, etching and drypoint
Plate: 22 x 14 1/2 inches
Sheet: 30 x 22 inches
Edition of 33

Kiki Smith Untitled (Lilies), from Touch, 2006

Kiki Smith
Untitled (Lilies), from Touch, 2006
Color aquatint, etching and drypoint
Plate: 22 x 14 1/2 inches
Sheet: 30 x 22 inches
Edition of 33 

Kiki Smith Untitled (Roses), from Touch, 2006

Kiki Smith
Untitled (Roses), from Touch, 2006
Color aquatint, etching and drypoint
Plate: 16 1/2 x 11 inches
Sheet: 30 x 22 inches
Edition of 33 

Press Release

We are pleased to present Contemporary Women Artists, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by eight of the most exciting female artists creating work today, including Tauba Auerbach, Carmen Herrera, Clare Kirkconnell, Suzanne McClelland, Julie Mehretu, Beatriz Milhazes, Linda Ridgway, and Kiki Smith. This show will be on view through October 9, 2020. 

Contemporary Women Artists presents a compelling selection of works by women artists who have each pioneered facets of the contemporary art canon. While Milhazes fuses cultural elements from her native Brazil with influence from European Modernist painters, Mehretu completely reenergizes and renews 21st century Abstraction. Altogether, the works composing Contemporary Women Artists are intricate yet bold; delicate yet powerful.

Spanning an intriguing breadth of subject matter, Contemporary Women Artists showcases works that both allude to and subvert mainstream ideas of femininity. Kirkconnell, Ridgway, and Smith consider the natural world in their alluring renderings while Auerbach and Herrera compose works of rigid geometries. When viewed altogether, power between delicacy and boldness is shared. The viewer can appreciate how strength radiates from seemingly fragile, natural forms while a certain subtlety can be found in the linear components of abstract works.

Contemporary Women Artists, September 3 – October 9, 2020. On view at 10 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Images and preview are available upon request. For all inquiries, please contact the gallery by phone (415) 781-4629 or by email info@berggruen.com.