June Wayne: Paintings, Prints, and Tapestries

Above: artist June Wane 

Hey everyone I'm not much of a writer, bear with me, but I'd like to talk a bit about my trip to PMOCA this past friday and their current exhibit on artist June Wayne. Born in Chicago in 1918, June had aspirations to become an artist from an early age. The exhibit showcases much of her life through the form of paintings, lithographs, and even tapestries. There are a couple of monitors installed that have June herself, talking about certain pieces in the exhibit. June Wayne lived an interesting life, living in America in the great depression, WWII, and the civil rights movement. June was a big part of the feminist art movement of the 70s as well as being an integral part of the california art scene. Although the museum didn't allow to take photos I managed to sneak in a few snapshots of my favorite works. 

White Tidal Wave,1972

Color lithograph, Printed by William Law III and published by Tamstone;

 The June Wayne Collection

Merry Widow
from the series Next of Skin, 1980
Color Lithograph (state I), Printed by Edward Hamilton

 

A Little Nothing
from the series Next of Skin, 1980
Color Lithograph, Printed by Edward Hamilton

Whoopers, 1998 

Color lithograph Printed by Eileen Foti and published by 

the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper

Her work will be on display at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art until August 31st. So if any of y'all are in the area at one point in the summer, I highly recommend visiting the exhibit. Her tapestry work, although I couldn't get a picture (insert sad face emijo here), was one of the most intricate works of fabric I had seen. From only a few feet away they look just like huge prints or paintings, but once closer you can make out the texture of the fabric and the details of the thread to create the illusion of an actual painting blend.