JoAnne Carson

JoAnne Carson
Born1953
New York, New York, United States
EducationUniversity of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago
Known forPainting, sculpture, assemblage
SpouseJim Butler
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy in Rome, National Endowment for the Arts
WebsiteJoAnne Carson
JoAnne Carson, View of the Alley, oil paint on wood and objects, 90" x 96" x 26", 1983. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

JoAnne Carson (born 1953) is an American artist who is known for over-the-top, hybrid works in painting, sculpture and assemblage that freely mix fantasy, illusion and narrative, high and low cultural allusions, and seriocomic intent.[1][2][3] She first gained widespread attention in the 1980s for what ARTnews critic Dan Cameron described as "extraordinary painted constructions—kaleidoscopic assemblages chock full of trompe-l’oeil painting, art-history quips, found objects and nostalgic echoes of early modernism."[4][5][6] New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote that Carson's subsequent work progressed methodically into three dimensions, culminating in freestanding botanical sculpture that exuded "giddy beauty" and "unapologetic decorativeness";[2] her later imaginary landscapes have been described as whimsical spectacles of "Disneyesque horror."[7][8] Carson has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship, awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy in Rome and National Endowment for the Arts, and Yaddo artist residencies.[1] Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Albright-Knox Gallery, New Orleans Museum of Art, and Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; it belongs to the public art collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, MCA Chicago, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, among others.[9][10][11][1]

  1. ^ a b c John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. "JoAnne Carson," Fellows. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Roberta. "JoAnne Carson," The New York Times, p. E 35, November 9, 2001. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Warren, Lynn. "Options 25: JoAnne Carson" (exhibition essay), Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985.
  4. ^ Cameron, Dan. "A New Generation of Chicago Artists," ARTnews, October 1984, p. 110–116.
  5. ^ Frank, Peter. "The human figure: present and /or accounted for," Awards in the Visual Arts 4, Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1985. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Freudenheim, Susan. "JoAnne Carson at the Fort Worth Art Museum," Art in America, Spring 1983.
  7. ^ Close, Cynthia. "Artists and Their Gardens," Art New England, July/August 2019, p. 37–9.
  8. ^ Jones, Rachel Elizabeth. "JoAnne Carson's 'Hyper Flora,' BigTown Gallery," Seven Days, August 22, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  9. ^ Brooklyn Museum. "Bouquet, JoAnne Carson," Collection. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  10. ^ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. "JoAnne Carson, Chutes and Ladders, 1985," Collection. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Smart Museum of Art. Heaven, JoAnne Carson, Collection. Retrieved September 18, 2019.