On Sunday May 1st, 2016, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery hosted a conversation between artist Joan Snyder and Jenni Sorkin, art historian, professor, and co-curator of the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (Los Angeles) exhibition Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016. The hour-long discussion addressed Snyder's show and the legacy of 1970s era art world feminism, a movement in which Snyder was keenly active. They also discussed Snyder's artistic history, aesthetic vision, and life in paint. Sorkin is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History at University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a PhD in the History of Art from Yale University. Sorkin has written numerous in-depth essays on feminist art and issues of gender.
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