Artist Carmen Herrera Earns Lifetime Achievement Award At 94

image borrowed from Artnet
Rojo y Blanco by Carmen Herrera
Acrylic on canvas
42 x 42 inches
1986

The geometric painter, Carmen Herrera, has been painting since the thirties and is finally getting some long due recognition. Read the New York Times article here.

My favorite quote from the article is Herrrera’s response to the idea that her husband who passed on shortly before her career began to take off is up in heaven orchestrating her success: “Yeah, right, Jesse on a cloud.” “I worked really hard. Maybe it was me.”

Right the fuck on.

Oh and thanks to Bruce McD for passing on the link!

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2 Responses to “Artist Carmen Herrera Earns Lifetime Achievement Award At 94”

bennett77 Says:
December 22, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Hey, I was thinking of posting this when I read it over the weekend. Thanks for doing it. She is hilarious. Good to see someone can finally get on the bus at 94.

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- ssstephg Says:
  December 23, 2009 at 10:10 am
  
  Yeah, she sounds like a trip!
  
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