Joan Snyder developed a materially dense painting language from grids, strokes, flowers, text and personal symbols. Her work emerged in the 1970s in dialogue with Minimalism but quickly expanded toward an intensely autobiographical and feminist abstraction.
Painting; printmaking
Major Works
- 1969–73Stroke Paintings
- 1973Summer Becomes a Room
- 1970Symphony I
- 1970sField of Flowers
- 1971A Year in the Painting
- 1970sWomen Make Lists
- 1990sOratorio
- 2010Our Foremothers
- 1995Cherry Fall
- 2000sRose and Thistle
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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