Surface Work
Past exhibition
Introduction
Taking place across Victoria Miro's London galleries, this international, cross-generational exhibition is a celebration of women artists who have shaped and transformed, and continue to influence and expand, the language and definition of abstract painting.
The exhibition was additionally on display at Gallery II Wharf Road and Victoria Miro Mayfair.
| Victoria Miro Mayfair | Gallery I, Wharf Road | Gallery II, Wharf Road |
| Suzanne BLANK REDSTONE | Rita ACKERMANN | Gillian AYRES |
| Betty BLAYTON | Etel ADNAN | Sandra BLOW |
| Lygia CLARK | Sara BARKER | Varda CAIVANO |
| Prunella CLOUGH | Lynda BENGLIS | Louise FISHMAN |
| Jay DEFEO | Sarah CAIN | Martha JUNGWIRTH |
| Svenja DEININGER | Angela DE LA CRUZ | Joan MITCHELL |
| Helen FRANKENTHALER | Lucy DODD | Victoria MORTON |
| Ilse D'HOLLANDER | Mary HEILMANN | Elizabeth NEEL |
| Tess JARAY | Loie HOLLOWELL | Jackie SACCOCCIO |
| Lee KRASNER |
Tess JARAY |
Pat STEIR |
| Yayoi KUSAMA | Bharti KHER | |
| Agnes MARTIN | Katy MORAN | |
| Tomie OHTAKE | Annie MORRIS | |
| Betty PARSONS | Rebecca MORRIS | |
| Howardena PINDELL | Elizabeth MURRAY | |
| Liubov POPOVA | Dala NASSER | |
| Mary RAMSDEN | Fiona RAE | |
| Dorothea ROCKBURNE | Yuko SHIRAISHI | |
| Mira SCHENDEL | Raphaela SIMON | |
| Hedda STERNE | Mildred THOMPSON | |
| Alma THOMAS | Adriana VAREJÃO | |
| Adriana VAREJÃO | Jessica WARBOYS | |
| Paule VÉZELAY | Mary WEATHERFORD |
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Louisa Buck reviews Surface Work in The Telegraph
April 20 2018Move over, Malevich! Shift up, Mondrian! Roll over, Rothko! The central role of women in the development of abstract art is emphatically underlined in this...Read More
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April 20 2018D’Hollander’s soft, small-scale but highly charged works often draw on the Flemish countryside and are increasingly finding their audience with recent institutional shows in Europe.Read More -
Laura Cumming reviews Surface Work in The Observer
April 15 2018★★★★★ This magnificent, century-spanning survey of abstract painting, all of it by women, many of whom are unknown, is as poignant as it is momentous...Read More
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Caroline Douglas, Director of the Contemporary Art Society, writes about Surface Work in her Friday Dispatch
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