Representative work by Joe Overstreet
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Artist

Joe Overstreet

1933–2019 · American

  • Contra Costa College

Joe Overstreet developed an experimental abstract practice from unstretched canvases, ropes, grommets and shaped supports. His Flight Pattern paintings suspended canvas from walls and ceilings, turning painting into a tensile structure.

Painting

Major Works

  • 1971Flight Pattern
  • 1964The New Jemima
  • 1971North Star
  • 1970sMandala series
  • 1969–72Flight Pattern paintings
  • 1969Untitled
  • 1960sThe Red and Black
  • 1980sJazz Paintings
  • 1970sRope Paintings
  • 1990s–2010sRecent Abstractions

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