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Vortex

Vortex

Nancy Mladenoff

Former UW–Madison professor Nancy Mladenoff shaped her homage to Madison around a dynamic eddy of colorful stenciled elements she connects with home. European sparrows, creeping snowberry, women’s boots, and wine glasses cast liquid black shadows, just as you might see below the surface of a lake covered with floating leaves. What objects would you include in your tribute to Madison?
Artist/Maker
Nancy Mladenoff
(American, b. 1957)
Title
Vortex
Date
2005
Material & Process
Oil and acrylic aerosol paint on canvas
Dimensions
72 x 90 x 2 1/2 in. overall
Credit
Gift of the artist
Inventory No.
2019.39
Classification
Paintings
Location
United States

Related

2019, gifted by the artist (Nancy Mladenoff, New York, NY) to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Fleishman, Stephen and Jane Simon, "Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison." Madison: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006. pp. 25-26, 75, fig. 11

  • Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 4/23/2006–7/16/2006

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