Dorothea Rockburne is a Canadian abstract painter, drawing inspiration primarily from her deep interest in mathematics and astronomy. Her work is geometric and abstract, seemingly simple but very precise to reflect the mathematical concepts she strives to concretize. "I wanted very much to see the equations I was studying, so I started making them in my studio," she has said. "I was visually solving equations." Her attraction to Mannerism has also influenced her work.
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Works in Collection
18 works
A, C And D From Group/And
Dorothea Rockburne
1970
Drawing Which Makes Itself: FPI 16
Dorothea Rockburne
1973
Drawing Which Makes Itself: FPI 18
Dorothea Rockburne
1973
Drawing Which Makes Itself: Neighbourhood
Dorothea Rockburne
1973
Drawing Which Makes Itself: Nesting
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Golden Section Painting: Square Separated by Parallelogram
Dorothea Rockburne
August 1974
Guardian Angel, II
Dorothea Rockburne
1982
Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Radiance
Dorothea Rockburne
1982
Scalar
Dorothea Rockburne
1971
Triangle, Rectangle, Small Square
Dorothea Rockburne
1978
Untitled
Dorothea Rockburne
(1972)
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Untitled from Locus
Dorothea Rockburne
1972
Exhibitions
13 exhibitionsJul 06, 1971 – Sep 15, 1971
Summer Show
52 artists · 1 curator
Oct 07, 1971 – Jan 02, 1972
Recent Acquisitions IX
8 artists · 1 curator
Jun 21, 1974 – Sep 02, 1974
Recent Drawings Acquisitions: National Endowment for the Arts
9 artists · 1 curator
Oct 09, 1974 – Jan 05, 1975
Eight Contemporary Artists
8 artists · 1 curator
Jan 23, 1976 – Mar 09, 1976
Drawing Now: 19551975
45 artists · 1 curator
Jul 22, 1977 – Sep 20, 1977
Extraordinary Women
15 artists · 1 curator
May 05, 1981 – Jul 05, 1981
Dorothea Rockburne: Locus
1 artist · 1 curator
Mar 01, 1982 – Mar 16, 1982
A Century of Modern Drawing, 18811981
59 artists · 1 curator
Feb 10, 1983 – Apr 12, 1983
Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings
5 artists · 1 curator
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings
61 artists · 2 curators
Dec 08, 1984 – May 20, 1985
Contemporary Drawings
38 artists · 1 curator
Nov 21, 1985 – Apr 01, 1986
Contemporary Works from the Collection
40 artists · 1 curator
Nov 03, 1988 – Feb 28, 1989
Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection
42 artists · 2 curators