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Louise #Nevelson proudly stated, “You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world,” and boy, did she create worlds, in fact she created many worlds, in small shacks, wall installations, stele, metalworks. 
She exhibited amazing variety. Almost entirely recycled. Painted in white, silver, gold, or black. Others left to rust. A few were done in jewel tones, dark red, blue or green but very few. This work could only have been fashioned in her era, as homes were being gutted>
& renovated following the Depression. She was born in 1899 in Kyiv & died in NYC, 1988. In 1905, her family relocated to Maine. She married a businessman in 1920, and divorced in 1941. Like her contemporary, Lee #Krasner, she studied under Hans Hoffmann. (Excellent choice.) >
