Exhibition Information
Posted: 06/11/2015
Posted by: Association of Print Scholars
Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent
Ian Berry (Dayton Director of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College), Michael Duncan (independent curator).
Pasadena Museum of California Art,
Pasadena,
CA, United States.
06/14/2015 -
11/01/2015.
Exhibiting artist(s): Corita Kent.
Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent is the first full-scale exhibition to survey the entire career of pioneering artist and designer Corita Kent (1918–1986). For over three decades, Corita experimented in printmaking, producing a groundbreaking body of work that combines faith, activism, and teaching with messages of acceptance and hope. A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Corita taught in the art department at Immaculate Heart College (IHC) in Los Angeles from 1947 through 1968. At IHC, she developed her vibrant, Pop-inspired prints from the 1960s, mining a variety of secular and religious sources and using the populist printmaking medium to pose philosophical questions about racism, war, poverty, and religion. Her work was widely recognized for its revolutionary impact and remains an iconic symbol of that period in American history. As a teacher, Corita inspired her students to discover new ways of experiencing the world by seeking out revelation in everyday events. Bringing together artwork from Corita’s entire career, this exhibition reveals the impassioned energy of this artist, educator, and activist.