The rise of the feminist movement and the globalism that exposed United States audiences to other cultures were two energizing forces for artist Constance Mallinson, coinciding with the artist’s late-1970s move to Los Angeles. Mallinson worked downtown, creating paintings and drawings that channeled the form and logic of weaving. She focused her attention on employing pattern as a bridge between minimalist aesthetics and a more personal and feminine approach as part of the Pattern and Decoration art movement.


Mallinson joins MOCA assistant curator Rebecca Lowery in a conversation about her practice then, now, and in the context of the exhibition WITH PLEASURE—PATTERN AND DECORATION IN AMERICAN ART 1972–1985.*

CONSTANCE MALLINSON and REBECCA LOWERY IN CONVERSATION*
Thursday, January 23, at 7 pm.
MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles.

Constance Mallinson, artworks courtesy and © the artist, Jason Vass Gallery, and Edward Cella Art and Architecture. Photograph of Mallinson by Todd Gray, courtesy and © the photographer and Mallinson.
