Woman on the Stairs No. 2

Jane DicksonWW-1984-119118

1984·Oil stick on black wove paper·153.7 × 77.5 cm (60 9/16 × 30 9/16 in.)

<p>During the 1980s Jane Dickson was a resident of the seedy Times Square area of New York City. Consumed with the flavor and scary reality of the area’s nightlife, she adopted a luminous way of working with oil stick on dark papers. This practice, coupled with abruptly cropped figures and unusual angles of vision, yielded pictures heightened with an aura of mystery.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1984
Medium: Oil stick on black wove paper
Dimensions: 153.7 × 77.5 cm (60 9/16 × 30 9/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jane Dickson

Artist

Jane Dickson

Painting

Jane Dickson is an American painter who lives and works in New York City. Her practice explores the psychogeography of American culture and was "forged in the crucible of New York’s late-seventies counterculture, where she participated in artist collectives like Fashion Moda, Collaborative Projects, ABC No Rio, and Group Material."

Chicago, IL, USA

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