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Solitaire: Lee Lozano, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Joan Semmel

Wexner Center for the Arts

February 2–April 13, 2008

Joan Semmel Flip-Flop Diptych (1971)

Joan Semmel
Flip-Flop Diptych (1971)
Oil on canvas: Diptych; 68h x 136h (172.72 x 345.44w)

Joan Semmel Indian Erotic (1973)

Joan Semmel
Indian Erotic (1973)
Oil on canvas: 54h x 72w in (137.16h x 182.88w cm)

Joan Semmel Beachbody (1985)

Joan Semmel
Beachbody (1985)
Oil on canvas: 68h x 68w in (172.72h x 172.72w cm)

Joan Semmel Double Torso (1987)

Joan Semmel
Double Torso (1987)
Oil on canvas: 20h x 30w in (50.8h x 76.2w cm)

Joan Semmel Overlays Series "Twins" (1972/1992)

Joan Semmel
Overlays Series "Twins" (1972/1992)
Oil on canvas: 68h x 58w in (172.72h x 147.32w cm)

Joan Semmel Multiples (1998)

Joan Semmel
Multiples (1998)
Oil on canvas: 58h x 48w in (147.32h x 121.92w cm)

Joan Semmel Odalesque (1998)

Joan Semmel
Odalesque (1998)
Oil on canvas: 54h x 66w in (137.16h x 167.64w cm)

Joan Semmel With Stripes (2003)

Joan Semmel
With Stripes (2003)
Oil on canvas: 68h x 56w in (172.72h x 142.24w cm)

Joan Semmel Knees Together (2003)

Joan Semmel
Knees Together (2003)
Oil on canvas: 60h x 48w in (152.4h x 121.92w cm)

Joan Semmel Pink Cushion (2004)

Joan Semmel
Pink Cushion (2004)
Oil on canvas: 44h x 54w in (111.76h x 137.16w cm)

Press Release

Solitaire
Wexner Center for the Arts
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Joan Semmel
Sylvia Plimack Mangold
Lee Lozano

Curated by Helen Molesworth

Solitaire brought together three artists who came of age aesthetically in New York in the 1960s and engaged in representational painting even while the art world seemed to turn its back on that kind of art-making.