Early Works 1967-1979
I exhibited Draped Paintings at Kornblee Gallery N.Y. 1968 through 1972 including draped, some with infused sound, and pleated paintings run through pleating machines. A "Cotton Duck Thread Reading" work was included in the inaugural 1973 Whitney Museum Biennial New York. 1970’s I continued exploring feminist theory, joined women to form Heresies Magazine: A Feminist Journal On Art and Politics. I was a member of a CR group, and helped form some in NYC as well as one in Japan with a small group of women living near Nagoya Prefecture. Disturbed by a society built on bones of the disenfranchised, I supported actions of women demanding exposure in the male-dominated art arena. 1973-1977 I created “Dilated Grain Readings” and Scanning Paint Placements. I saw the latter as a need for mystery, to have paint show the struggle to exist separately from the ground chromatically built on, although simultaneously sinking into it.
OH SAY CAN YOU SEE, 1967-68
Draped Painting W. audio, acrylic compressor spray, canvas, audio
Ken Werner a.k.a Phil Harmonic. 48"h x 120"w x 6"d.
Sagging Spiro, Draped Painting, 1969
Acrylic compressor spray on canvas, 106"x 51" Hanging/Leaning show Emily Lowe Gallery, 1970.
Hanging/Leaning/Leaning Hanging Catalogue, 1970
Catalogue: Emily Lowe Gallery group show. Curator, Robert R. Littman
PLEATED CARDBOARD, 1969
Pearl Lang Dance Co. Stage Sets, Lincoln Center, New York.
DRAPED PAINTING #4, 1968
Acrylic spray W. compressor on linen, variable size.
DRAPED PAINTING, 1968
Draped Painting Highlights Season Larry Aldridge Museum 1969, acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas, variable size.
REDS, GREENS, PURPLES ABSTRACT, 1969 Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas, variable size.
IMPOTENT SQUARE, 1968
Draped Painting, acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas variable size.
DRAPED GRID PAINTING, 1968
Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas variable size.
Draped Xtract, 1970 Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas, variable size.
INSTALLATION KORNBLEE GALLERY, 1969
Pleated and stitched paintings.
CANVAS PAINT SWATCHES, 1969
Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas and bolts, 156"h x 72"w
PUCKERED PAINTING, 1970-71 Acrylic spray W. compressor and stitching on canvas, variable size.
OPENED ENCLOSURE, 1971
6 Webbing Straps, Acrylic spray W. compressor and stitching on canvas, variable size.
SHIRRED PAINTING, 1971
Acrylic spray W. compressor and stitching on canvas, variable size.
PLEATED DIPTYCH, 1972
Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas run thru pleating machine, variable size.
PLEATED PAINTING, 1972 Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas run thru pleating machine, 90"h x 40"w
PLEATED PAINTING, 1970
Acrylic spray W. compressor on canvas run thru pleating machine, variable size (approx. 108"h x 36"w)
PLEATED DRAWING, 1969
Canvas run thru pleating machine, variable size (approx. 108"h x 36"w).
PLEATED DRAWING, 1969
Alternate view
INSTALLATION KORNBLEE GALLERY, 1971
Pleated and stitched paintings.
INSTALLATION KORNBLEE GALLERY, 1971
Pleated and stitched paintings.
Photo Nina Yankowitz 1977
Some Living American Women Artists_Last_Supper1972_MaryBeth_Edelson
Poster © MaryBeth Edelson
The Heretics Movie Promo/Heresies Mother Collective Poster
Poster © MaryBeth Edelson
Death of the Patriarchy - Heresies, 1976
Poster © MaryBeth Edelson
HERESIES reunion dinner
Heresies, The Heretics, Artforum Women’s Work
PAINTED THREAD READING, 1973
Painted Thread Reading Inaugural Whitney Museum Biennial 1973, acrylic paint on cotton duck threads.
PAINTED THREAD READING, 1973
Painted Thread Reading Series, acrylic paint on cotton duck threads, 108"h x 42"w
PAINTED THREAD READINGS, 1973
Painted Thread Reading Series, acrylic paint on cotton duck threads 42"h x 42"w.
ImpastA Painting
Painted Thread Reading Series, acrylic paint on cotton duck threads. 9"h x 16"w
DILATED GRAIN READING_ SCANNING REDS AND BLUES, 1972
Extruded acrylic/flash paint on linen, 49”h x 109"w
Detail shot
DILATED GRAIN READING_ SCANNING REDS AND BLUES, 1972
Extruded acrylic/flash paint on linen, 49”h x 109"w
DILATED GRAIN READING/OCHRE, BROWN, REDS 1973
Extruded acrylic/flash paint on linen. 48"h x 84"w
Detail Shot
DILATED GRAIN READING/BLUE PITCHES, 1974
Extruded acrylic/flash paint on linen. 48"h x 132"w
SCANNING PLACEMENTS/SUGGESTION SERIES, 1975
Installation Rosa Esman Gallery, New York.
SUGGESTION, 1975
Scanning Placements/Suggestions Series, Rosa Esman Gallery New York. 48"h x 145"w
Detail Shot
SCANNING PAINT/BLUE, 1975
Scanning Placements/Suggestions Series Rosa Esman Gallery New York 48"h x 130"w
SCANNING PAINT PLACEMENTS, 1975
Scanning Placements/Suggestions Series Rosa Esman Gallery New York. 48"h x124"w
INSTALLATION WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, 1976
Installation "Scanning Paint" Drawings and Paintings.
VOICES OF THE EYE, 1979
Stefanotti Gallery, NYC
