The Armory Show 2026: Continuous Abstraction

 
Perle Fine, Untitled, 1939

Perle Fine, Untitled, 1939

 

Stand 424

24 – 27 September, 2026

Javits Center, 429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States

 

Artists

Gillian Ayres, Alice Baber, Sandra Blow, Perle Fine, Lilly Fenichel, Grace Hartigan, Helen Pashgian, Joan Truckenbrod

Gazelli Art House is pleased to present Continuous Abstraction at The Armory Show 2026, a cross-generational presentation bringing together pioneering women artists whose practices have expanded the language of abstraction across painting, sculpture, light, and computational systems. 

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  • Gillian Ayres

    Gillian Ayres

    1930 - 2018

    Gillian Ayres  was a pioneering  abstract painter celebrated for her exuberant use of colour, expressive brushwork, and gestural freedom. Emerging as a leading figure in post-war British abstraction during the 1960s, she developed a distinctive visual language that rejected representation in favour of energetic, emotionally charged compositions. Read more...

    • Gillian Ayres Hydaspes, 1988
      Gillian Ayres
      Hydaspes, 1988
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  • Alice Baber

    Alice Baber

    1928 - 1982

     Alice Baber was an American painter celebrated for her radiant explorations of colour, light, and form within post-war abstraction. Rooted in Abstract Expressionism and Colour Field painting, her work combined lyrical sensibility with technical experimentation, producing organic, biomorphic compositions shaped by what she called “colour hunger”. Read more...

    • Alice Baber Yellow Croquet Second Wicket, 1961
      Alice Baber
      Yellow Croquet Second Wicket, 1961
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  • Sandra Blow

    Sandra Blow

    1925 - 2006

    During the 1950s, Sandra Blow was one of the pioneering abstract painters who introduced into British art a new expressive informality, using cheap, discarded materials such as sawdust, sackcloth and plaster alongside the more familiar material of paint. Read more...

    • Sandra Blow Brown Blue and Red, 2006
      Sandra Blow
      Brown Blue and Red, 2006
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  • Lilly Fenichel

    Lilly Fenichel

    1927 - 2016

    Lilly Fenichel born to a Jewish family, fled the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1939, eventually settling in Hollywood. A student at various art institutions in California, Fenichel’s abstract expressionist paintings from the 1960s and 1970s, influenced by West Coast and New York School styles, garnered attention. Read more...

    • Lilly Fenichel Arioso, 1988
      Lilly Fenichel
      Arioso, 1988
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    • Lilly Fenichel Conflict, 1998
      Lilly Fenichel
      Conflict, 1998
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  • Perle Fine

    Perle Fine

    1905 - 1988

    Throughout her fifty-year career, Perle Fine was uncompromising of her ideals and vehemently trusted her artistic instincts. With this aesthetic confidence, the abstract artist was able to step beyond the realms of the mainstream and establish herself among male counterparts. Read more...

    • Perle Fine Untitled, 1946
      Perle Fine
      Untitled, 1946
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    • Perle Fine Cool Series (Plum over Pink), c. 1961-63
      Perle Fine
      Cool Series (Plum over Pink), c. 1961-63
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    • Perle Fine Untitled, c. 1939
      Perle Fine
      Untitled, c. 1939
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  • Grace Hartigan

    Grace Hartigan

    1922 - 2008

    Grace Hartigan, a prominent figure in the New York School of artists during the 1940s and 1950s, gained recognition for her experiments in total abstraction, contributing to the Second Generation Abstract Expressionists. Read more...

    • Grace Hartigan Frustration, 1945
      Grace Hartigan
      Frustration, 1945
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    • Grace Hartigan Untitled, 1951
      Grace Hartigan
      Untitled, 1951
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  • Helen Pashgian

    Helen Pashgian

    Helen Pashgian is an American visual artist who lives and works in Pasadena, California. She is a primary member of the Light and Space art movement of the 1960s. Pashgian creates sculptures made of industrial materials such as resin, fiberglass, plastic, and coated glass. Read more...

    • Helen Pashgian Untitled, 1968/69
      Helen Pashgian
      Untitled, 1968/69
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  • Joan Truckenbrod

    Joan Truckenbrod

    Joan Truckenbrod lives and works in Oregon, US. Recognised as a pioneering figure in digital art, since the early 1970s Truckonbrod has explored the intersection of technology, handcraft, and ritual, becoming one of the first artists to use computer programming to create algorithmic drawings and digital textiles. Read more...

    • Joan Truckenbrod Particle Warp, 2019
      Joan Truckenbrod
      Particle Warp, 2019
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