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Anni Albers (1899 - 1994), Edna Andrade (1917 - 2008), and Dadamaino (1930 - 2004) each made outstanding contributions to the evolution of postwar abstraction during a period in which innovations by female artists were eclipsed by those of their male counterparts. Optical // Obstacle brings together works of art by these three pioneering female artists active around the mid-twentieth century.

Each artist sought abstract vocabularies that transcended narratives of politics and gender, and created works that were somehow out of keeping with their artistic milieu. Their works distill the canvas …