Dona Nelson

de Ian Berry, Molly Channon

Dona Nelson: Stand Alone Paintings' presents works from the last four decades of Nelson's influential painting career. Originally from Grand Island, Nebraska, Nelson moved to New York City in 1967 to participate in the newly formed Whitney Independent Study Program. In the following decades, she played a prominent role in shaping the direction of abstract painting in New York, forging an independent style that melds painting with sculpture, representation with abstraction, and oils and acrylics with nontraditional materials such as cheesecloth and modeling paste. The catalog features extensive photographic documentation of the installation along with new poetry by Anselm Berrigan, an interview with the artist by Dayton Director Ian Berry, and an archive of newly printed essays that chronicle Nelson's career. Exhibition: Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 12-August 12, 2018.