Barbara Kohl-Spiro, Mixed Media Collage Feminist Lithograph Folk Art Quilt Pattern & Decoration Art

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Bow Tie Hand signed and numbered, ,limited edition lithograph collage assemblage. Barbara Kohl-Spiro is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based artist whose work … Read more Bow Tie Hand signed and numbered, ,limited edition lithograph collage assemblage. Barbara Kohl-Spiro is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based artist whose work has spanned over five decades and has been exhibited internationally. She works in collage, mixed media, watercolor painting and Jewish culture has a strong influence on Spiro’s work and is close to her heart. Spiro is particularly interested in art made by common people of various cultures where the art is a reflection of their belief system. Spiro has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, including at the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Portals Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York. Barbara Kohl work was included in the Mishkenot Sha’ananim at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (2003), 1994; Wisconsin Artists: A Celebration of Jewish Presence 2005 Strength-Four Strong Wisconsin Woman. Kohl-Spiro says that: "For me, my life has been dedicated to family, tradition, and adding to the big pot of culture that I have the freedom to do. I celebrate families, daughters, granddaughters, and the creative spirit." The geometric pattern of the quilt, has elements of the Op art of the 1960s, and of the Italian Memphis movement of the 1980s. Spiro is represented in the collection of the Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York; Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; the Whitney Museum of Art, New York City; and the Bradley Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, in Wisconsin." (from the publication "Art in Embassies Exhibition" for the United States embassy in Prague, Czech Republic which has featured some of her work) There are strong Feminist overtones to her work. This is based on a folk art, log cabin quilt theme and is influenced by the Pattern and Decoration movement. See less