
Last week I went to Paris to see the exhibition of screen prints by
Corita Kent whose work I adore, at
Galerie Allen, a new space recently opened by curator Joseph Allen Shea.
Corita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), aka Sister Mary Corita Kent, was born Frances Elizabeth Kent in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Kent was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. She worked almost exclusively with silkscreen and serigraphy, helping to establish it as a fine art medium. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s.
From the top down;
Corita Kent
don't back up, 1967
silkscreen on paper
76 x 91 cm
Edition of 1 ex
courtesy the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles
Corita Kent
come alive, 1967
silkscreen on paper
34 x 58 cm
Edition of 1 ex
courtesy the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles
Corita Kent
earth as a sign, 1962
silkscreen on paper
78 x 65 cm
Edition of 1 ex
courtesy the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles
Corita Kent
let him easter In us # 2, 1963
silkscreen on paper
78 x 65 cm
Edition of 1 ex
courtesy the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles