BARBARA ASTMAN "MISS DENIM" POLAROID, 1978Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and photocopiers to mention a few. Astman is acclaimed for her pioneering multi media approach, blending analog and digital techniques with materials or technology not typically used in the creation of fine art. In her work she addresses the intersection of identity, feminism,

Davis was strongly influenced by hard-edge geometric abstraction and Op Art

Featuring a forward-facing Pansy

The simplicity of this shape recalls a both a flexed bicep and a sort marine creature

"General Idea's Going Thru the Motions"

Are these two nocturnal pedestrians or is the artist portraying something more erotic or dangerous

which featured works by Frank Stella

their sightings are notably rare

applied to this signature subject matter

a unique diversion from Pachter's graphic style and typically unmodulated backgrounds

10"H 12"W (work)

150 copies on Rives vellum for the text and on Arches vellum for the reproductions of the "dedications

whether working in sculpture or in two dimensions has a strict palette often using exclusively black