Laurace James (born 1937) is an American artist. She was a founding member of
A.I.R. Gallery
A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time ...
.
James’s work was included in the 1971 exhibition ''
Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists
''Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists'' was an art exhibition held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from April 18 - June 13, 1971. It was the first show curated by Lucy R. Lippard. Lippard only included artists who had never had a solo ...
'' at the exhibition held at
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Aldrich has no permanent collection and is the only museum in Connecticut that is dedicated solely to the exhibition of contemporary art. The museum presents the first ...
and the 2022 exhibition ''52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone'' also at the Aldrich.
Her work is in the collection of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM; formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's lar ...
and the
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a Modern art, modern and Contemporary art, contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Meatpacking District and West Village neighbor ...
.
References
External links
A.I.R. Gallery: Laurace James
1937 births
Living people
20th-century American women artists
Place of birth missing (living people)
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