Patsy Norvell | |
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| Born | Patsy Ann Norvell 1942 Greenville, South Carolina |
| Died | October 12, 2013 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bennington College Hunter College |
| Known for | sculpture, installation art, public art |
| Movement | feminist art |
| Spouse | Robert Zakanitch |
| Awards | National Endowment for the Arts Pollock-Krasner Foundation |
| Website | https://www.airgallery.org/patsy-norvell |
Patsy Ann Norvell (1942–2013) was an American visual artist who worked in sculpture, installation art and public art. She was a pioneering feminist artist active in the Women's movement since 1969. In 1972 she was a founder of A.I.R. Gallery which was the first cooperative gallery in the U.S. that showed solely women's work. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the U.S. and abroad. She received numerous grants, awards and residencies for her achievements, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She created permanent public art works for the New York City subway system, designed and created lobby and plaza installations in Los Angeles, CA, New Brunswick, NJ, Bridgeport, CT, and Bethesda, MD.[1][2] Her work has received historical and critical acclaim, and has been written about in books, journals and newspapers including, Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art, in Sculpture (magazine), the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and numerous other publications.[3][4][5]
- ^ New York City Subway. "Artwork: Garden Stops (Patsy Norvell)". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ New York Metro Transit Authority. "Beverley Road and Cortelyou Road: PATSY NOVEL, Garden Stops, 1994-1996". MTA Art & Design. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Boettger, Suzanne. "Excavating Land Art by Women in the 1970s: Discoveries and Oversights". 27 (9). Retrieved 26 December 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Sonfist, Alan (1983). Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art. NY: E.P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0525477020. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Artist Has a Blast with Tower Panels". The Los Angeles Times. July 3, 1988. Retrieved 26 December 2016.