Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina

Brought together in dialogue for the first time, as well as how they constructed their identities in a midcentury American art world. Nevelson called herself an “architect of shadow” and built monumental structures from the scraps of razed buildings. Slobodkina was a painter who extended the use of color, form, and texture to transform her surroundings. They were world builders. But first, they built themselves—as immigrants, working women, and creative pioneers of abstraction—who bravely set out to become artists at the start of the Great Depression. In this exhibition, each woman’s story amplifies the other’s. In their artworks—which reveal the two as fellow travelers in the legacy of cubism, surrealism, and constructivism—assemblage is an important unifying theme. Works include found object sculptures, mixed media reliefs, collage, painting, jewelry, and clothing, including some of Nevelson’s most iconic fashion statements. After the exhibition’s premiere at AMFA, it will go on tour to the Chrysler Museum of Art and the New Britain Museum of American Art in 2026.

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