Attributed Photo HARRIET TANNIN (1929-2009)

Attributed Photo HARRIET TANNIN (1929-2009)
This photo is unsigned but attributed. Harriet Tannin, photographer, painter, sculptor, political activist, writer and lecturer was born April 26, 1929. She is best known for her modernist, pioneer work with woven photography and her non-objective oil paintings. She is considered the first woman artist in America to weave modern art photography, thus making her the leader in this unique medium. Tannin holds a BA from New York University, 1951 and a Masters of Fine Art, State University of NY, New Paltz, 1975. She studied photography with the internationally famous photographer Ansel Adams and painting with a modern master, Rolph Scarlett. Scarlett was the first American artist to exhibit abstract art works next to Kandinsky's art in the original Guggenheim museum, The Museum of Non-Objective Art in New York City. Each of these talented artists had a profound effect on Tannin's work, it was this synthesis of styles and her allegiance to political activism that led to the creation of her "woven wonders." Tannin remembers: "I was participating in a group exhibit and was approached by one of the artists who derided most of the participating women artists in the exhibit. He callously went on to expand on his theory that women were inferior in art as well as most other areas. Irritated, I told him, what, it should be like when boys played stickball on the streets and the girls sat on the curb watching while weaving pot holders? Tongue in cheek, I added, In those days, women knew their place. The idea struck me all at once, and immediately upon returning to my studio I started to cut my photographs into strips and to weave them just the way I made potholders on the street for fun when I was a child. I did, and was delighted with the results and the liberating experience these works imparted."These cutting edge woven photographs can be viewed as seminal artistic/political statements that capture the essence of childhood, feminist independence and mastery over the medium of modern art photography.

The dimensions are Approx. 12" x 18". This item is from the estate of a collector in RI.

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