Children’s Workshop: Colors, shapes, and daydreams in the exhibition ‘Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper: 1973–2019’
Time: 3 – 4:30pm
Capacity: Max. 15 (ages 6 – 12yo)
Place: Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Floor 2
Inspired by Mary Heilmann's colorful watercolors and abstract drawings, children playfully explore geometry, line networks, and brightly colored surfaces.
The exhibition ‘Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper’ showcases rare works by the artist and invites young visitors to create their own ‘daydream’ pictures full of imagination and memories.
About Mary Heilmann
Raised in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Heilmann completed a degree in literature, before she studied ceramics at Berkeley. Coming out of 1960s counterculture, the free speech movement, and the surf ethos of her native California, Mary Heilmann went on to become among the most influential abstract painters of her generation. Although her work is non-representational and based on an elementary, geometrical vocabulary—circles, squares, grids, and stripes—the simplicity of the forms is complicated by a painterly nonchalance.
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Suitable for children aged 6 – 12yo and their parents and carers. Materials will be supplied, no previous experience required. This workshop will be held in German.
Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper
Mary Heilmann returns to our gallery on Limmatstrasse with an exhibition of more than 30 drawings made between 1975 and 2005. Expanding on the artist’s exhibition of works on paper, ‘Daydream Nation’, at Hauser & Wirth New York last year, this presentation continues the recent in-depth exploration into Heilmann’s long-standing drawing practice.
‘Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper’ is on view until 20 December at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse.
