Mary Heilmann: Works on Paper (1973-2024)

An investigation into preeminent contemporary American painter Mary Heilmann’s works on paper. 

Heilmann, known for working across mediums in a practice that overlays the analytical geometries of minimalism with the spontaneous ethos of the Beat Generation, has long utilized works on paper as a way to sketch out ideas—what Heilmann calls “daydreaming”—and create works in their own right. This book focuses exclusively on Heilmann’s works on paper from the 1970s to the present, which play out recurring motifs within her work, revisit and reimagine arrangements of form and colour over time and distill the artist’s continuous ongoing interest in drawing as a form of transcribing memory. Edited and featuring an introduction by Alexis Lowry, an essay by art historian Jo Applin and a reflection by artist Ilana Savdie, this publication builds on Heilmann’s exhibition ‘Daydream Nation’ at Hauser & Wirth New York in 2024.