Women, Surrealism & Abstraction - Poetry Project
In the spirit of Women, Surrealism & Abstraction—an exhibition celebrating women’s talent and creativity—we invited women from the local poetry community to choose an artwork from the exhibition and write a poem inspired by it. These Surrealist and abstract artworks provoke us to wonder and see in new ways. The same is true of the poems, which offer glimpses into the poets’ personal responses to the art. In this way, the pairings of words and imagery bring the women in conversation with each other, a dialogue that reaches across art forms and across time.
P1 - Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.304)
Poem "Woman" by Taylor Fang
P2 - Carlotta Corpron, Untitled Light Study (a)
Poem "Negative Capability" by Shanan Ballam
P3 - Laura Andreson, Beaker
Poem "Generations" by Lauren McKinnon
P4 - Barbara Morgan, Samadhi
Poem "Samadhi" by Anne Shifrer
P5 - Margaret Tomkins, Untitled
Poem "Stained Glass in the Desert’s Chapel" by Jordan Forest
P6 - Max Cole, Axias
Poem "Axias" by Terysa Dyer
P7 - Betty Woodman, June in Italy
Poem "Flying" by Mary Ellen Greenwood
P8 - Joanne Hayakawa, Fragile Composition
Poem "Fragile Composition" by Taylor Fang
P9 - Eva Kwong, Navel of the Universe
Poem "Navel of the Universe" by Mary Ellen Greenwood