Dear Agnes Tammi Campbell

Tammi Campbell Dear Agnes Esker Foundation Galleries Frieze Campbell’s drawings, which she began in 2010, continue this legacy in an ongoing silent dialogue with martin, and have been drafted skillfully and meticulously with the same adept hand as her paintings. the younger artist creates one dear agnes drawing per day, each day that she is in the studio. Your exhibition “dear agnes” is a beautiful rendition of the epistolary form that i have come to love in literature, and that you translate so elegantly into the visual.

Dear Agnes Tammi Campbell Campbell’s dear agnes series, which she began in 2010, engages in silent dialogue with and pays homage to martin, an immensely influential figure in the realm of minimalist painting and early conceptual art. Saskatchewan was also the birthplace of agnes martin, with whom campbell participates in a silent and sustained dialogue that transcends time and space. dear agnes is a series of visual letters that serve as tammi campbell’s wordless communion with martin. Tammi campbell’s dear agnes (2010 17) is a serial work comprised of “visual letters” (graphite and rag paper) the artist drew at the start of each day and, once “written,” folded twice and stored in sequence. Credit linethe mendel art gallery collection at remai modern. gift of the artist 2015. object number2015.1.1 28 classificationsdrawing on view not on view discover more imperfection series tammi campbell 2001 all over tammi campbell 2009 agnes kenmille (o schanee) (ronan, montana) andrea modica 2002 citizens of the cosmos anton vidokle 2018.

Dear Agnes Installation View Tammi Campbell Tammi campbell’s dear agnes (2010 17) is a serial work comprised of “visual letters” (graphite and rag paper) the artist drew at the start of each day and, once “written,” folded twice and stored in sequence. Credit linethe mendel art gallery collection at remai modern. gift of the artist 2015. object number2015.1.1 28 classificationsdrawing on view not on view discover more imperfection series tammi campbell 2001 all over tammi campbell 2009 agnes kenmille (o schanee) (ronan, montana) andrea modica 2002 citizens of the cosmos anton vidokle 2018. Thrilled to have letters from my dear agnes series return to saskatchewan as part of thick as thieves, an exhibition curated by crystal mowry and organized by the mackenzie art gallery, regina, saskatchewan. Tammi campbell:” dear agnes”‘dear agnes’ is a series of visual letters that serve as tammi campbell’s wordless communion with saskatchewan born modernist artist agnes martin. An ongoing drawing project based on the work of saskatchewan born artist, agnes martin, one of the central figures in the history of abstract painting. tammi campbell’s drawings and paintings deploy the formal vocabulary of modern painting to consider its legacies and mythologies. Since 2010, tammi campbell has meticulously developed an ongoing dear agnes letter drawing series, during which she composes a letter to agnes martin, canadian pioneer of abstract painting. hundreds of letters present an infinite array of straight grids drawn out in pencil on japanese paper.