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# 'Figuring Abstraction’: A 15-Woman Exhibition at Westbeth Gallery
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/figuring-abstraction-a-15-woman-exhibition-at-westbeth-gallery/
- Published: 2015-09-21T17:53:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:43:03.000Z
- Description: Figuring Abstraction, an exhibition organized by artists and curators Jackie Lipton and Olivia Beens, features fifteen exceptional female artists whose work reimagines tropes of beauty, terror, and whimsy.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMw
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- Tags: Announcement, Exhibition Announcement, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:13 (2014, 2015, part 3)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/09/fapage1.jpg)](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTEwNTc0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjExNzk2NjQsImZsIjo3OTQ4ODcsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMTk3LjU4IiwibnciOjIwNywicGMiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJydCI6MSwic3QiOjAsImJmIjp0cnVlLCJwbiI6ImF6a3ByZXZpZXciLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93ZXN0YmV0aC5vcmcvd29yZHByZXNzL2ZpZ3VyaW5nLWFic3RyYWN0aW9uLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=EH0t5KuCG6AsARLPzMV5L0jhR-o&ref=hyperallergic.com)

[*Figuring Abstraction*](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTEwNTc0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjExNzk2NjQsImZsIjo3OTQ4ODcsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMTk3LjU4IiwibnciOjIwNywicGMiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJydCI6MSwic3QiOjAsImJmIjp0cnVlLCJwbiI6ImF6a3ByZXZpZXciLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93ZXN0YmV0aC5vcmcvd29yZHByZXNzL2ZpZ3VyaW5nLWFic3RyYWN0aW9uLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=EH0t5KuCG6AsARLPzMV5L0jhR-o&ref=hyperallergic.com), an exhibition organized by artists and curators Jackie Lipton and Olivia Beens, features15 exceptional female artists whose work reimagines tropes of beauty, terror, and whimsy.

*Olivia Beens / Beverly Brodsky / Abigail Child / Susan Spencer Crowe / Veronica Frenning /Mary Jones / Fawn Krieger / Jackie Lipton / Susan Newmark / Cari Rosmarin / Sumayyah Samaha / Christina Schlesinger / Claire Seidl / Angela Valeria / Louisa Waber*

Defying traditional categorizations of abstraction or figuration, this exhibition tells contemporary stories in unexpected ways. There are no borders, only variations that span stylistic expressions in a range of materials, concepts, and processes. Inner and outer worlds are made palpable through mythical, abstract and tangible spaces, reflecting passionate connection to art and life. The artists presented in[*Figuring Abstraction*](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTEwNTc0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjExNzk2NjQsImZsIjo3OTQ4ODcsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMTk3LjU4IiwibnciOjIwNywicGMiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJydCI6MSwic3QiOjAsImJmIjp0cnVlLCJwbiI6ImF6a3ByZXZpZXciLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93ZXN0YmV0aC5vcmcvd29yZHByZXNzL2ZpZ3VyaW5nLWFic3RyYWN0aW9uLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=EH0t5KuCG6AsARLPzMV5L0jhR-o&ref=hyperallergic.com)range from abstract to figurative artists and those who include elements from both realms. The curators aim to initiate dialogue that breaks with traditional models of a familiar territory of abstraction versus figuration.

A gallery talk moderated by Susan Newmark will be held on **Sunday, October 4 at 6pm**.  
The Westbeth Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1–6 pm.

For further information or special appointments visit [westbeth.org](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTEwNTc0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjExNzk2NjQsImZsIjo3OTQ4ODcsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMTk3LjU4IiwibnciOjIwNywicGMiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJydCI6MSwic3QiOjAsImJmIjp0cnVlLCJwbiI6ImF6a3ByZXZpZXciLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93ZXN0YmV0aC5vcmcvd29yZHByZXNzL2ZpZ3VyaW5nLWFic3RyYWN0aW9uLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=EH0t5KuCG6AsARLPzMV5L0jhR-o&ref=hyperallergic.com) or contact:

[jackielipton@gmail.com](mailto:jackielipton@gmail.com) 212.633.0127  
[oliviabeens@gmail.com](mailto:oliviabeens@gmail.com) 917.929.0403

[Figuring Abstraction](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6OTUwNDAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMDMzMTYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTEwNTc0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjExNzk2NjQsImZsIjo3OTQ4ODcsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMTk3LjU4IiwibnciOjIwNywicGMiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJydCI6MSwic3QiOjAsImJmIjp0cnVlLCJwbiI6ImF6a3ByZXZpZXciLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93ZXN0YmV0aC5vcmcvd29yZHByZXNzL2ZpZ3VyaW5nLWFic3RyYWN0aW9uLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=EH0t5KuCG6AsARLPzMV5L0jhR-o&ref=hyperallergic.com) *continues at the Westbeth Gallery (55 Bethune Street, West Village, Manhattan) through October 11.*

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