.In 1954, the pair returned to New York, where Herrera soon produced the major series “Blanco y Verde” (1959-1971). In these paintings, based exclusively on green and white surfaces, she explored the limits of painting experimentally. Produced as well during the 1960s were the so-called “estructuras.” These sculptures, based on preliminary drawings, represent a confrontation with architectonically oriented abstraction. Her works from the last decades reveal that her color field paintings, with their genuinely radical compositional structures, have lost none of their potent impact. Whether round, angular, or rhombic, their compositional precision, clear-cut lines, and bewitching colors continue to cast a suggestive spell on viewers.

The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen presents the largest exhibition to date devoted to the Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera, featuring works drawn from a span of 70 years. Herrera is  among the pioneers of geometric abstraction in the United States. This wide-ranging presentation includes circa 70 works and involves paintings, works on paper, and sculptures produced between 1947 and 2017. Herrera – who is now 102 years old – was long ignored by the art world: she sold her first picture at the age of 89. Up to the present, this New York-based artist continues to create powerful, eye-catching works. “Carmen Herrera – Lines of Sight” was organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. The Düsseldorf venue is organized in a cooperation between the Whitney Museum and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.