The Canon · 04

The Overlooked

Artists history underestimated, forgot, marginalized or is finally catching up with.

01Alice NeelPortraiture as social history.02Ana MendietaThe body leaves a trace.03Artemisia GentileschiWomen act; they are not merely looked at.04Barkley L. HendricksCool becomes art-historical authority.05Carmen HerreraPrecision without noise.06Elizabeth CatlettDignity cut into form.07Faith RinggoldHistory, story and fabric speak together.08Hilma Af KlintAbstraction before the story said abstraction began.09Howardena PindellAbstraction is never neutral.10Lee KrasnerAbstraction beyond the shadow of Pollock.