Dee Shapiro Rotunda, 1982 Acrylic on canvas 42" diameter This fall, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles presents With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, the first full-scale scholarly North American survey of the groundbreaking yet understudied Pattern and Decoration art movement. Including painting, sculpture, collage, ceramics, textiles, installation art, and performance documentation, the exhibition spans the years 1972 to 1985 and

Dee Shapiro Comfort Zone Ink on paper 2011 30 x 22 in NEW YORK, NY.- David Richard Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of paintings and collages by artist Dee Shapiro. The presentation debuts Shapiro’s newest body of work, her first ever figurative paintings that examine female nudes in art history, but through the artist’s unique lens of patterns and feminist discourse. Also included are earlier geometric paintings from the 1980s of antique Persian rugs that provide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dee Shapiro Odalisque, 2019 Mixed media on paper 48" x 42" Click here to view exhibition DEE SHAPIRO Snatched and Reworked September 18 - October 12, 2019 Artist Reception on Sunday, September 22, 2019, 4:00 to 7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com David Richard Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of paintings and collages by artist Dee Shap

Op Art (also known as Optical Art) is a form of non-objective, non-representational, abstract art. It is very precise and exact, highly thought out and meticulously executed, there is no element of chance. Op Art is often rooted in mathematics, using geometric forms as building blocks, including lines and frequently based on a grid organization. The movement was most active during the early 1960s to the early 1970s. The Op Art geometric shapes and compositions are characte

Geometric Abstraction is an area of abstract art where the nonobjective compositions are comprised of geometric shapes and forms, including squares, cubes, rectangles, lines, circles, spheres, etc. that can be floating and not grounded or in highly structured and rigorous compositions. The roots of using geometric shapes and forms in artwork date back to ancient times and virtually every culture. However, in regards to the influence on modern and contemporary art, the art for

Hard edge painting includes paintings in which individual colors have clear and distinct boundaries that separate the colors from one another. There is no physical blending of the colors, each color area is a single color. Hard edge painting can be observed in Geometric Abstraction, Op Art, Color Field painting and Post Painterly abstraction. Artists who practice hard edge painting: Richard Anuszkiewicz Ernst Benkert Mark Dagley Peter Demos Thomas Downing Gabriele Evertz Dean

Pattern and Decoration Movement By David Eichholtz An art movement that emerged in the 1970s on both the east and west coasts of the US. Characterized by large sweeping decorative designs in all over patterns in a variety of media and supports, including painting, drawing, beading collage and ceramics using canvas, wood, textiles, acrylic and readymades. The movement included both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. Early influences included feminism, identity politi

Early patterning: When I was four, my mother taught me... Early expectations and more patterns: I grew up in a working-class family... Influencers: One major influence that I can... Island girl: I live on Long Island... Feminist work: I didn’t associate with any particular ... Going off the grid: In my early work I color-coded the... Mahler beats Bach: The language of music and art also... Systemic patterning: Systemic painting means simply that one... P+D: Pattern and decora

SYSTEMIC PATTERN PAINTING: ARTISTS OF THE CRISS-CROSS COOPERATIVE Including Artworks by Artists: Charles DiJulio, Dean Fleming, Richard Kallweit, Gloria Klein, Marilyn Nelson, Clark Richert, Dee Shapiro, Robert Swain, George Woodman and Mario Yrisarry Featuring Original Writings from the Criss-Cross Art Communications September 9 - October 7, 2018 Opening Reception: Sunday September 9, 2018 1:00 - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion with Richard Kallweit, Marilyn Nelson

Clark Richert, Dimension Variable Central Core of the Destiny, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 70" x 70" Copyright © Clark Richert Click here to go to exhibition page SYSTEMIC PATTERN PAINTING: ARTISTS OF THE CRISS-CROSS COOPERATIVE Including Artworks by Artists: Charles DiJulio, Dean Fleming, Richard Kallweit, Gloria Klein, Marilyn Nelson, Clark Richert, Dee Shapiro, Robert Swain, George Woodman and Mario Yrisarry Featuring Original Writings from the Criss-Cross Art C