Miriam Schapiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Miriam Schapiro

Canadian artist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1923

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 20-Jun-2015

Profession: writer, artist, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Miriam Schapiro

  • Not to be confused with Miriam Shapira-Luria, a Talmud scholar in the Late Middle AgesMiriam Schapiro (also known as Mimi) (November 15, 1923 – June 20, 2015) was a Canadian-born artist based in the United States.
  • She was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and a pioneer of feminist art.
  • She was also considered a leader of the Pattern and Decoration art movement.
  • Schapiro's artwork blurs the line between fine art and craft.
  • She incorporated craft elements into her paintings due to their association with women and femininity.
  • Schapiro’s work touches on the issue of feminism and art: especially in the aspect of feminism in relation to abstract art.
  • Schapiro honed in her domesticated craft work and was able to create work that stood amongst the rest of the high art.
  • These works represent Schapiro’s identity as an artist working in the center of contemporary abstraction and simultaneously as a feminist being challenged to represent women’s "consciousness" through imagery.
  • She often used icons that are associated with women, such as hearts, floral decorations, geometric patterns, and the color pink.
  • In the 1970s she made the hand fan, a typically small woman's object, heroic by painting it six feet by twelve feet.
  • "The fan-shaped canvas, a powerful icon, gave Schapiro the opportunity to experiment...
  • Out of this emerged a surface of textured coloristic complexity and opulence that formed the basis of her new personal style.
  • The kimonos, fans, houses, and hearts were the form into which she repeatedly poured her feelings and desires, her anxieties, and hopes".
  • Miriam Schapiro's estate is exclusively represented by the Eric Firestone Gallery in New York.

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