Disciplines: Visual Arts – mixed media

Anniabbi

Disciplines: Visual Arts – mixed media
Region: Brookline, MA
Residencies: 2003
Anni Abbi (1938-2015) was a pseudonym for Gail D’Angelo, a visual and interdisciplinary artist. Her work gained her mention in The New York Times, where a reviewer described her The 1st to Last Homemade Housedress as “a tissue-paper sewing pattern with elaborate instructions for embroidering sexist vulgarities in strategic locations.” She won recognition from national women’s art organizations and earned fellowships at MacDowell and Ragdale in Lake Forest. IL. In an article for the MacDowell newsletter Anni Abbi described herself as an inveterate piler, concluding that, “If MacDowell is about anything, it’s about the primacy of the artist’s work space. I have, for my own mental health and enrichment, kept that lesson going in my own home. Give or take a pizza box.”

Studios

Alexander

Anniabbi worked in the Alexander studio.

Funded through the generous support of Elizabeth Alexander, this studio was built in memory of her late husband, the renowned portrait painter John White Alexander (1856-1915). Originally designed as a visual art gallery, Marian MacDowell persuaded Elizabeth that the space would better serve the arts if commissioned as a visual…

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