ART & DESIGN

Young at Art

Judging by these hot talents, 80 is the new 20.


John Mason
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Photographer: Andreas Laszlo Konrath

Carmen Hererra in her New York studio, with works in progress.

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Carmen Herrera’s Untitled, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery.

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Lorraine O’Grady, 2014. Photo by Elia Alba.

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O’Grady’s Art Is…(Troupe Front), 1983. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York © 2015 (Lorraine O’Grady) / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Betty Woodman’s Aztec Vase #13, 2011. Photograph by Eli Ping.

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Woodman in her New York studio, 2009. Photograph by Katarina Jerinic.

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Pierre Soulages, 2014. Photograph by ADAGP/Artists Rights Society, New York.

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Michelle Stuart’s #7 Echo, 1973. Courtesy of Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.

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Barbara T. Smith with The Field Piece, 1968–1972, in 1971. Courtesy of the Artist, The Box, Los Angeles/Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.

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Sam Gilliam in his studio, Washington, D.C., 2013. Photograph by Stephen Frietch.

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Gilliam’s Change, 1970. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles.

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Agnes Denes’s Wheatfield—a Confrontation, 1982. Courtesy of Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.

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A young Denes. Courtesy of Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.

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David Medalla, 2014. Courtesy of Venus Over Manhattan.

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Medalla’s Cloud Canyons, 1963/2014. Courtesy of Venus Over Manhattan.

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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Plug, 1985. Courtesy of the artist/Bridget Donahue, NYC.

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John Mason, 2015. Photograph by Roxanne Morganti.

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Mason sculptures at his exhibit “Crosses, Figures, Spears, Torques,” at David Kordansky Gallery, in Los Angeles, 2013. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles

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Jack Whitten’s USA Oracle (Assassination of M.L. King), 1968. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

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Joan Semmel in front of her Skin Patterns, 2013. Photo by Elfie Semontan.

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Melvin Edwards in New York, 2012, with his Curtain for William and Peter, 1969/2012. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

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Edwards’s E. C.’s View, 1979. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York © 2015 (Edwards’s E. C.) / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Barbara Kasten’s Construct 32, 1986. Photograph by Constance Mensch.

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Kasten in 2015 with her video installation Axis, 2015. Photograph by Constance Mensch.

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Claude Rutault in New York, 2014, with his work A Saturday Morning on the Grande Jatte or at Port-en-Bessin, 2010. Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin.