Principle of Equivalence is the first major retrospective exhibition presenting a selection of seventy-three paintings and handmade paper works over nearly seventy years by New York-based artist Virginia Jaramillo (Mexican American, born 1939). Tracing the impact of the Jaramillo’s practice, which collide postwar abstraction with physics, science and the cosmos, archaeology and mythology, and modernist design philosophies, this exhibition sheds light on her career and situates it within the larger narrative of American abstract art. For decades, Jaramillo’s work has been celebrated internationally in groundbreaking exhibitions including The De Luxe Show, in 1971, one of the first major racially integrated exhibitions in the United States. Jaramillo also has an exhibition history in Kansas City that stretches back to the late 1970s.
Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence
Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939), "Green
Dawn," 1970, acrylic on canvas, 83⅞ x 72⅛ inches,
The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection. © Virginia Jaramillo.
Image courtesy of the artist and Hales, London and
New York. Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939), "Quanta,"
2021, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 144 inches, Courtesy
of the artist and Hales, London and New York. ©
Virginia Jaramillo. Image courtesy of the artist and
Hales, London and New York. Photo: JSP Art
Photography.
Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939), "Site: No. 3
51.1789° N, 1.8262° W," 2018, acrylic on canvas, 72
x 72 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Hales, London
and New York. © Virginia Jaramillo. Image courtesy
of the artist and Hales, London and New York. Photo:
JSP Art Photography.
Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939), "Principle
of Equivalence," 1975, oil on canvas, 48¼ x 60
inches, Collection of the Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Gift of
Robert and Sally West, 2012.01.01. © Virginia
Jaramillo, courtesy of the artist and Douglas Drake
Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Photo: E. G.
Schempf, 2019.
Virginia Jaramillo (American, born 1939), "Blue
Space," 1974, oil on canvas, 82 x 70 inches, The
John and Susan Horseman Collection, Courtesy of
the Horseman Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri. ©
Virginia Jaramillo. Image courtesy of the artist and
Hales, London and New York. Photo: Frank
Oudeman.
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