WEEK TWO...DAY SEVEN

LOUISE NEVELSON

Was born September 1900 in Kiev—died April 1988, New York City. A sculptor known for her large, monochromatic abstract sculptures and environments in wood and other materials.
In 1905 she moved with her family from the Ukraine to Maine. She married and later left her husband and child to pursue her artistic ambitions. Nevelson's first exhibition was held in New York City in 1941. After enduring years of poverty and critical neglect, by the 1950s  she had both developed her mature sculptural style and begun to earn significant critical recognition. She is best-known for works dating from this period; these consist of open-faced wooden boxes that are stacked to make freestanding walls. The boxes and their contents are painted a single colour, usually black.