Angela Grossmann, Platinum Series 3, 2022

Angela Grossmann

For nearly four decades, Angela Grossmann has been recognized for her relentless probe into the complexities of identity, gender politics, and displacement. The subjects of her paintings, photo-based collages, and mixed-media works largely reference the female form, culled from a vast archive of images collected by the artist that includes art-historical references, postcards, and found snapshots. Expressive, fluid, and frequently elusive, Grossmann’s figures—that range from adolescence to maturity—are reframed and recontextualized, revealing the ambiguous and shifting boundaries between our public and private selves. From monumental to more intimately-scaled works, from the beautiful to the sublime, from exquisite drawings and gestural paintings to layered photos of disparate body parts, Grossmann’s vast exploration into the representation of the body not only activates the spaces between societal and individual human experience, but it also reveals her deep engagement with the sensual and unpredictable nature of the artistic process itself.