Cristin Tierney Gallery and Abattoir Gallery are pleased to participate in Independent 20th Century with a special joint presentation of rarely seen paintings and drawings from the estate of Audra Skuodas (1940-2019).
Audra Skuodas epitomizes the "under-recognized artist." Virtually unknown to a larger audience throughout her life, the oeuvre found greater attention only after her death when it was prominently featured in the 2022 Cleveland Triennial: Front. Over the past several years, museums such as the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, and the Cleveland Museum of Art have begun acquiring and exhibiting her work. A major museum is planning a retrospective exhibition with a publication.
Skuodas was a soul-searcher who studied science, mysticism, and Eastern religions and sought universality in her art. From the 1980s to 2010, her work transformed from figuration to abstraction while maintaining an interest in the formless nature of the cosmos. She imbued geometric forms with emotional intelligence and the feminine. This presentation includes figurative and abstract paintings and works on paper outlining this process with exceptional examples from the artist’s estate, including some unique stitched drawings from the Womb Wound series.
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