Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective

Christina Ramberg (1946–1995) was a Chicago Imagism artist known for her acrylic-on-board paintings featuring stylized fragments of female figures. This comprehensive study considers the full scope of her practice, including her intimate early scrapbooks and drawings, and includes the first substantive discussion of her quiltmaking. Essays from scholars and artists situate Ramberg within her Chicago-based network and approach her work from various perspectives, such as gender and sexual identity, the body and disability studies, artistic craft, canon formation, and pedagogical practice. The book features never-before-published diaries, sketchbooks, slides, and ephemera, providing an unprecedentedly full picture of Ramberg's lifelong fascination with patterns and formal variation and her impact on the art of the twentieth century.

Format: Hardback
Length: 254 pages
Publication date: 28 May 2024
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago

Christina Ramberg (1946-1995) was a renowned artist who gained recognition for her acrylic-on-board paintings featuring stylized fragments of female figures. Her distinct linear approach, often associated with Chicago Imagism, drew inspiration from a wide range of popular and art-historical sources, resulting in works that are both polished and enigmatic. This comprehensive study, the first since her death, explores the full scope of her practice, including her intimate early scrapbooks and drawings, as well as her late-career geometric abstractions. Essays from scholars and artists situate Ramberg within her Chicago-based network of colleagues and approach her work from various perspectives, such as gender and sexual identity, the body and disability studies, artistic craft, canon formation, and pedagogical practice. The book features never-before-published diaries, sketchbooks, slides, and ephemera, providing an unprecedentedly full picture of Ramberg's lifelong fascination with patterns and formal variation and her significant impact on the art of the twentieth century.

The Art Institute of Chicago will host the exhibition from April 20 to August 11, 2024, followed by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles from October 6, 2024, to January 5, 2025, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art from February 8 to June 1, 2025.

Weight: 1408g
Dimension: 218 x 286 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300275742