Exhibit Opening: February 12, 2012, 1:00 -4:00 pm
Lecture: Women’s World will be presented by Margarete Bagshaw in the Museum Theater, 2:00 pmMargarete Bagshaw – the third generation of the only three-generation female painting dynasty ever - started painting at age 25. Over the past 20 plus years she has taken the mantle of the two generations before her, which includes her grandmother Pablita Velarde and mother Helen Hardin, and, without any excuses, broken the rules too.
“Breaking The Rules” is a 20 year retrospective of “outside of the box” creative painting – from differing uses of medium, size, shape, types of support, and layered geometric forms that have nothing to do with geometry and everything to do with listening to the spirits of her ancestors. Layer upon layer of translucent – almost subliminal - elements are depicted on everything from paper to panel to clay to canvas to wood.
From her first pastel drawings, Bagshaw’s distinctive style is apparent. Her paintings are colorful combinations of shape, texture, and light. The intricate and detailed multi-compositional aspect of her images reveals the many layers of thought that all of her work contains. From small works to larger canvases – all include numerous compositions that hold their own individually throughout each painting and as well as in a single complex composition as a whole.
Clearly picking up where her mother - Helen Hardin - left off, this 20 year historic view will show why Bagshaw is one of the most well received contemporary painters today. This exciting exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture will feature over 30 paintings and mosaic pieces in wood, bronze and clay as wall art and multi-colored ceramic vessels that demonstrate the breadth and multi-dimensionality of Bagshaw’s work over the past two decades.
