Spirited women : Drawing Down Fire

SPIRITED WOMEN:Drawing Down Fire

CAVIN-MORRIS GALLERY

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SPIRITED WOMEN:Drawing Down Fire

CAVIN-MORRIS GALLERYNew York, NY

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SPIRITED WOMEN: Drawing Down Fire

Bessie Harvey was a conjure woman who expressed important spiritual aspects of her culture in compelling and dangerous totemic figures. Amalia is a shamaness among the small Seri Indian group on the Sea of Cortez in Northern Mexico. Anna Zemánková made intense and convoluted drawings of organisms never before seen on Earth. Solange Knopf makes incantatory drawings of a mythical psyche in order to heal and balance her as well as others. Ojibway artist Dawn Walden pushes the envelope of contemporary basketry by observing the way certain birds in the forests around her home obsessively line and weave their nests perpetuating a form of nature-driven sculpture. The paintings of Christine Sefolosha convey a language of dream informed by her African and Swiss residencies, a visual poetry that is completely unstuck in time. Semone Robinson says she considers all of her art to be a spiritual gift from God.

These are only some of the stories in Spirited Women: Drawing Down Fire, an homage to some of the visionary artists showing at Cavin-Morris Gallery.

The women are artists who work away from the blaring racket of the mainstream, with art that is very personal in intention, using it as a language to communicate with the non-material world, whether through trance, mediumship, visions, out of body experiences, or religious ecstasy. For each artist, making this work was and is a process of survival inseparable from daily life. These are women lit by strong individual creative fires.

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AmaliaUntitled (Mi poder), c. 1990’s

Ink, graphite, ballpoint pen on paper17 x 14 inches / 43.2 x 35.6 cm

Ama 4

Untitled, 1993Mineral pigment on paper21.25 x 23 in/ 54 x 58.5 cmNel

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AmaliaUntitled (El alacran), c. 1990’s

Colored pencil, ballpoint pen/paper16.5 x 14 inches / 41.9 x 35.6 cm

Ama 5

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AmaliaUntitled (El perro), c. 1990’s

Ink, ballpoint pen/paper14 x 17 inches / 35.6 x 43.2 cm

Ama 1

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AmaliaUntitled (Mi campamento) c. 1990’s

Ink, ballpoint pen/paper12 x 18 inches / 30.5 x 45.7 cm

Ama 6

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Anna ZemánkováUntitled, 1970sPastel, ball point pen, embroidery on paper35.04 x 24.61 inches / 89 x 62.5 cmAZe 587

SPIRITED WOMEN > 14

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Anna ZemánkováUntitled, c. 1970s

Pastel, Ballpoint6 x 4.25 inches15.2 x 10.8 cm

Aze 515

Untitled, 2014Ink on found paper

8.25 x 11.75 inches / 21 x 29.8 cmNoA 104

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(Following page)Anna ZemánkováUntitled, c. Mid 1960sPastel on paper24.8 x 34.65 inches / 63 x 88 cmAZe 555

SPIRITED WOMEN > 20

(Following page)Anna Zemánková

Untitled, c. 1960sPastel on paper

23.62 x 31.5 in / 60 x 80 cmAZe 527


11.75 x 8.25 inches / 29.8 x 21 cmNoA 106

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Anna ZemánkováUntitled, c. 1968

Pastel, acrylic, ink on paper17.72 x 24.69 in / 45 x 62.7 cm

AZe 545

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11.75 x 8.25 inches / 29.8 x 21 cmNoA 109

SPIRITED WOMEN > 26

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Bessie HarveyJonah and the Whale, 1987

Mixed media14 x 15.5 x 8 inches / 35.6 x 39.4 x

20.3 cmBH 8

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11.5 x 8.5 inches / 29.2 x 21.6 cmNoA 113

SPIRITED WOMEN > 30

Bessie HarveySnake Eye, 1989

Polychromed wood25 x 14 x 10 in / 63.5 x 35.6 x 25.4 cm

BH 40

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11.75 x 8.25 inches / 29.8 x 21 cmNoA 114

SPIRITED WOMEN > 32

Bessie HarveyUntitled, 1989

Polychromed wood20.5 x 16.25 x 14 in / 52.1 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm

BH 39

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12.25 x 8.5 inches / 31.1 x 21.6 cmNoA 116

SPIRITED WOMEN > 34

Bessie HarveyTwisted Nose, 1987Polychromed wood

20 x 13 x 9 inches / 50.8 x 33 x 22.9 cmBH 27


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Bessie HarveyUntitled, 1985

Paint, mixed media/wood15 x 10 x 11 in (38.1 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm)

BH 88

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Christine SefoloshaCarcasse, 2011

Oil monotype on cloth58 x 81.5 inches / 147.3 x 207 cm

CSe 90

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(Previous page)Christine SefoloshaLa Dispute, 2013Ink, pigments, colored pencil on rice paper chine collé39 x 47.5 in / 99.1 x 120.7 cmCSe 96

SPIRITED WOMEN > 42

(Following page)Christine Sefolosha

Véloce, 2015Ink, mixed media, chine collé on Arches paper

40 x 58 inches / 101.6 x 147.3 cmCSe 108

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Untitled, 2014Ink on found paper11.75 x 8.5 inches / 29.8 x 21.6 cmNoA 125

SPIRITED WOMEN > 46

Christine SefoloshaTroll, 2014

Mixed media on Arches paper27.5 x 19.75 inches / 69.9 x 50.2 cm

CSe 10

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11.6 x 8.25 inches / 29.5 x 21 cmNoA 128

SPIRITED WOMEN > 48

Dawn WaldenRandom Order, 2014

Cedar bark, cedar roots, and bear grass35 x 16 x 16 in / 88.9 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm

DWa 1

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11.7 x 8.3 inches / 29.7 x 21.1 cmNoA 130

SPIRITED WOMEN > 50

Untitled, 2014Ink on found paper11.6 x 8.3 inches / 29.5 x 21.1 cmNoA 131

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Dawn WaldenEbb and Flow I, 2014

Cedar Bark, cedar root, bear grass15 x 24 x 24 inches / 38.1 x 61 x 61 cm

DWa 4

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11.25 x 16.5 inches / 28.6 x 41.9 cmNoA 134

SPIRITED WOMEN > 54

Dawn Walden“Restless” -- #2 in the series, 2/2015

Cedar Bark, Cedar Roots21 x 12 x 18 inches / 53.3 x 30.5 x 45.7 cm

DWa 5

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Untitled, 2014Ink on cardboard

20.75 x 26 inches / 52.7 x 66 cmNoA 136

SPIRITED WOMEN > 56

Kukuli VelardeYo Misma Soy, Isichapuitu Series

1997-2002Clay with mixed media, low fire

22 x 16 x 10 in / 55.9 x 40.6 x 25.4 cmKVe 5

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Kukuli VelardeGrief, Isichapuitu Series, 1997-2002

Clay with mixed media, low fire23.5 x 17 x 11 inches / 59.7 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm

KVe 6


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Kukuli VelardeTallada, Isichapuitu Series, 1997-2002

Clay with mixed media, low fire22 x 16 x 10 inches / 55.9 x 40.6 x 25.4 cm

KVe 8


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Kukuli VelardeCulebreando, Isichapuitu Series

1997-2002Clay with mixed media, low fire

22 x 16 x 10 inches / 55.9 x 40.6 x 25.4 cmKVe 9


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Semone RobinsonUntitled, 2015

Acrylic on paper24 x 18 inches / 61 x 45.7 cm

SRo 2


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Ink and crayon on paper24 x 18 inches / 61 x 45.7 cm

versoSRo 3


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Ink and crayon on paper24 x 18 inches / 61 x 45.7 cm

SRo 5


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Solange KnopfMandragore, 2014

Acrylic, colored pencil, and graphite on Kraft paper

27.5 x 19.5 inches / 69.9 x 49.5 cmSoK 69


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Solange KnopfIboga, 2014

Acrylic, colored pencil, and graphite on Kraft paper

27.5 x 19.5 inches / 69.9 x 49.5 cmSoK 70


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Solange KnopfLe chant du Tambour, 2015

Colored pencil, and graphite on canson paper

43 x 31 inches / 109.2 x 78.7 cmSoK 73

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