Art in America has a piece up on Agnes’s retrospective at the #whitney. Her more… mystical pieces approach abstraction (some look similar to Hilma’s work) which is not surprising given the subjects of interest to her were abstract notions of the non-physical self (transcendentalism etc.).

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  1. […] Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin loved the desert and was a sort of mystic- certainly a transcendentalist. I think the […]

  2. […] wrapped up a solid show at Pace. I see influence from Agnes in her […]

  3. […] picked up a strong Symbolist vibe from these, her voice reminds me of Emil and Agnes and […]

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