IDA KOHLMEYER: ESTATE REPRESENTATION In the 1980s, Kohlmeyer abandoned the grid and allowed geometric shapes to float in watery, atmospheric spaces, again evoking Hofmann’s legacy. In a variation termed the Mythic series, she introduced a new symbolic element in forms suggestive of balls, arrows, and architectural and landscape motifs. She brought together strands of her earlier art in her Circus Series, depicting her distinctive semi-abstract hieroglyphic symbols and signs in complex spatial relationships. She had adopted a new flatness arranging bolder, brighter more clearly defined forms in arrangements that are either open or gridded. Stronger in their patterns, these works have been related to the New York-based Pattern and Decoration movement begun by a group of artists in the early 1970s, including Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, and Kohlmeyer’s friend, Kendall Shaw. [Ida Kohlmeyer “Untitled” (Circus Series) 1983 oil, acrylic, charcoal on canvas 24 x 36 1/8 inches] #idakohlmeyer #kohlmeyer #abstraction #abstractart #womenartists #hieroglyphics #signsandsymbols #circusseries #patternanddecoration #neworleansartist #artgallery #chelseagalleries #nycart #estaterepresentation #berrycampbell (at Berry Campbell) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDh_tEBlZg7/?igshid=1ek2x4sa8nkzm
