The Strange Life of Objects: The Art of Annette Lemieux

Annette Lemieux is one of the most notable of the generation of feminist artists who came to prominence in the 1980s. Her fusion of conceptualism with a studio practice that remains respectful of abstract painting generally, and of minimalism specifically, is unique.Lemieux's art stems from a heightened sensitivity to under-privilege and marginalization. Many themes stand out in her work, among them the strong women--Bette Davis, Joan Crawford--memorialized in black-and-white film; poverty or the threat of it; a lost parent--the absent father, abandoned mother, heroic single mom.Lelia Amalfitanois a curator and writer, currently a visiting scholar at Boston College and previously director of exhibitions and public programs at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Judith Hoos Foxis an independent curator, previously curator at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College. Other contributors include Rosetta Brooks, Peggy Phelan, and Robert Pincus-Witten.