April Street
Born1975
Virginia
NationalityAmerican
EducationTennessee University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forPainting, Installation
MovementFeminist
Websitehttp://www.aprilstreet.com

April Street (born 1975) is an American artist acclaimed for painting and installation art. Street is known for her paintings where she begins with a private act of wrapping her body in swathes of fabric, and then choreographing herself dipping into various pools of paint.[1] She then covers her canvases with paint-streaked hosiery fabric, like flesh over bone, that exist in a plane between sculpture and painting, similar to artists Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, and Carolee Schneemann.[2][3]

Work

A Los Angeles-based artist, whose work has been exhibited throughout Southern California and internationally. Street studied bronze casting in Cortona, Italy and painting at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[4] Referencing history, exploration, mythology, and art history, Street's works combine the material experimentation of Second-wave feminism with allusions to the theatricality, illusionism, and palette of 17th-century Dutch still-life painting.[5][6] Street has had solo exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Underground Museum, and Vielmetter Los Angeles.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "April Street: The Shoulder and the Bow at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects". artreview.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ↑ Sommer, Danielle (2012-12-01). "April Street". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. ↑ Pagel, David (2014-01-24). "Review: April Street conjures gritty romanticism in 'A Vulgar Proof'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. ↑ "April Street: The Mariners' Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars, Flying Clouds), SBMA". LUM. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  5. ↑ "April Street: The Mariners' Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars, Flying Clouds) - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  6. ↑ "September 2012". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  7. ↑ "April Street: The Mariners' Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars, Flying Clouds) | Santa Barbara Museum of Art". www.sbma.net. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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