- Helen Altman
Helen Altman (born 1958,
Tuscaloosa ,Alabama ,United States ) is an artist based inFort Worth ,Texas . [cite book |title=Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |last=Greene |first=Alison de Lima |coauthors=Jimenez, Alejandra |year=2000 |publisher=H.N. Abrams |isbn= |pages=p. 222 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a0xQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Helen+Altman%22+%2B1958&dq=%22Helen+Altman%22+%2B1958&num=100&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-06-13]Works
Altman's earlier work made use of household appliances, [cite news |title=MIND OVER MATTER: Artist Helen Altman creates beauty out of ugliness |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D26A72229CC3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=
The Dallas Morning News |date=1992-09-26 |accessdate=2008-06-13 ] and more recently she has produced "torch drawings", in which she soaks sheets of cotton paper in water for hours or days and then scorches images of various creatures on the paper using a propane torch.cite news |title=Helen Altman: Dunn and Brown Contemporary. (Dallas).("My Best Eggs", drawing exhibition) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24995970_ITM |work=Artforum International |date=2002-01-01 |accessdate=2008-06-13 ]Exhibitions
Permanent Collections
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Art Museum of Southeast Texas ,Beaumont , Texascite web |url=http://www.pulse-art.com/miami/archives.php?exhibit=103&artist=474 |title=PULSE MIAMI 2007 EXHIBITORS |work=Pulse Miami |accessdate=2008-06-13 ]
*Dallas Museum of Art ,Dallas , Texas
*Museum of Contemporary Art,San Diego ,California
*Museum of Fine Arts,Houston , Texas
*Sarah Moody Gallery of Art ,University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa,Alabama .Solo Exhibitions
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DCKT Contemporary , New York,New York [cite news |title=Helen Altman at DCKT |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13290143_ITM |work=Art in America |date=2004-09-01 |accessdate=2008-06-13 ]
*Dunn and Brown Contemporary , Dallas, Texas
*Barry Whistler Gallery , Dallas, Texas [cite news |title=Blasting impressions: Artist carries a torch for fire |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DB59951918DD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=1999-01-21 |accessdate=2008-06-13 ]
*Carrie Secrist Gallery , Chicago
*Moody Gallery , Houston, Texas
*Museum of Contemporary Art , San DiegoReferences
External links
* [http://dcktcontemporary.com/artist/view/289 Profile at DCKT Copntemporary]
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