Since Jeanne Parkin’s girlhood in the 1920s, art has been a constant part of her world. “I tell everybody, ‘You can never look at art too much.’” For her, understanding art is “a matter of looking all the time. You go to exhibitions, you go lectures. The longer you look, the sooner you begin to understand.” Although Parkin says, “I’m essentially a Minimalist—and I have been from day one,” she makes it clear that she does “love many other styles of art.” Here’s a selection of works that have been key in Parkin’s life and career.
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Tobacco Patch by George Pepper, 1937
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Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460
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Chromatic Accelerator by Claude Tousignant, 1968
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Hailstorm in Alberta by William Kurelek, 1961
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Femme assise by Pablo Picasso, 1927
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Elvis I and II by Andy Warhol, 1963-64
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Blue Running Shoes by Gathie Falk, 1973
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Iceberg by Paterson Ewen, 1974
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Barren Ground Caribou by Joyce Wieland, 1977–78
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Sticky Wicket by Mark di Suvero, 1978
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The Three Graces by General Idea, 1982
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The London Six by John Boyle, 1984
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Tree with Bench, Vancouver, B.C. by Rodney Graham, 1998
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Happy Holiday by Agnes Martin, 1999
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Infe©ted Mondrian #9 by General Idea, 1994
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Rapture by Shirin Neshat, 1999
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No. 1, White and Red by Mark Rothko, 1962
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People Walking by Julian Opie, 2006
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Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Mass MoCA
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The Index by David Altmejd, 2007