Arlene Slavin Explained

Arlene Slavin
Birth Date:October 26, 1942
Nationality:American
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Alma Mater:Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture
Pratt Institute
Movement:Pattern and Decoration
Awards:National Endowment in the Arts
Spouse:Eric Bregman
Website:https://www.arleneslavin.com/

Arlene Slavin (born 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is a painter, sculptor, and a print-maker whose practice also includes large-scale public art commissions. Slavin is a 1977 National Endowment for the Arts Grant recipient.

Personal life and education

Arlene Eisenberg was born on October 26, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, to Sally and Louis Eisenberg.

She studied painting at Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1964.  She received a Masters of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1967.

Slavin lives and works in New York City and Wainscott, New York.

Career

Slavin takes a multi-discipline approach to her work. A painter, print maker, and sculptor—she has created small scale folding screens as well as numerous large scale outdoor public commissions.

Pattern and decoration

See main article: Pattern and Decoration. In the 1970s, Slavin developed a diagonal pencil grid system that served as the base for her geometric abstractions. Using layers of overlapping shimmering color woven into her grid, she painted many large scale works. Slavin's influences are in non-western art including: Japanese folding screens and woodblocks, Indian miniatures, Islamic tile work, and Byzantine mosaics.

Slavin's work aligned with the Pattern and Decoration movement, showing in Pattern and Decoration group exhibitions, most recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, in With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art, 1972-1985.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Public art

Slavin's Public Art commissions grew out of her painted folding screens. Initially, she constructed the first screens using paper, in the manner of traditional Japanese folding screen artists. Later screens used wood. Always exploring new materials, Slavin turned to laser-cut steel. Steel was a perfect material for ornamental fences, gates and sculpture in the unguarded public space. Her public work also consists of carved glass wind screens, cast concrete sculptures, terrazzo flooring, steel seating and colored polymer window films. https://www.arleneslavin.com/

Slavin developed and installed 28 Public Art projects, including: https://www.arleneslavin.com/public-commissions-2

Awards and honors

Exhibitions

Slavin has had a variety of solo and group exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial and other museums and galleries since the 1970s.[5] In 2015, she installed six sculptures in Pratt Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, New York.[6] The Bronx Museum showed her Intersection Sculpture Series in 2017.[7]  She has recently been exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, in With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art, 1972-1985.

Grant panelist

Collections

Her works is in various museums and public collections, including:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985. 2021-03-16. www.moca.org.
  2. Swartz. Anne. Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision in American Art, 1975-1985. Hudson River Museum.
  3. Kozloff, J. (1976). Arlene Slavin. Fifty Seventh Street Review. Pg. 14-15
  4. Peronne, J. (1976). Approaching the Decorative. New York: Artforum. Pg. 26-30 (illustration)
  5. Book: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1973 Biennial exhibition. 1973. Whitney Museum of American Art. Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art. English.
  6. Web site: Pratt Sculpture Park. 2021-04-10. Arlene Slavin. en-US.
  7. Web site: Arlene Slavin: Intersections - Exhibitions - The Bronx Museum of the Arts. 2021-04-02. www.bronxmuseum.org.
  8. Web site: Brooklyn Museum. 2021-04-02. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
  9. Web site: Brooklyn Museum. 2021-04-02. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
  10. Web site: Guild Hall. 2021-04-02. Arlene Slavin. en-US.

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