ENGL 40761 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Wallace Berman, Jay Defeo, Ferus Gallery
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Wallace berman: berman painted hebrew letters, however they did not make up actual words, berman copied transistor radios and collages images onto them, which became his iconic works. Jack hirschman: berman created a collage cover of black alephs, which features a bride and groom. Image of the bride is central to shekhinah (sabbath bride, female aspect of god) Women: semina culture was a very welcoming and encouraging environment for women artists, jay defeo is a monumental figure in semina culture, and women"s art in the. Lots of her work features flower forms: jay was the figure for much of berman"s photography, created a painting the rose, which is one of her greatest works, is now in the. Whitney museum: joan brown is another well known female artist, who created junk art and paintings full of animal imagery, joan was very interested in mythological symbols, such as brides and animals.
