![]() As her daughter Susan explained many years later, “My mom needed to expand herself. It was here she rechristened herself Kali after the Hindu goddess of time, doomsday, and death. In the summer of 1962 at the age of 30, she reinvented herself, abandoning her life as a Long Island housewife and mother, and like many of her contemporaries headed to California and a new life. She married young (becoming Joan Archibald) and soon became the mother of two. Though primarily self-taught, Kali attended the New York School of Painting and later the College of the Desert in Palm Springs. ![]() Her nascent interest was encouraged by her stepfather, who introduced her to community art programs and art museums where she developed a love of the Old Masters. We also are pleased to be the first art museum to acquire works by the artist.”īorn Joan Marie Yarusso on Long Island, Kali was interested in art from early childhood. Kali was not only a talented photographer she also was an early practitioner of experimental and alternative photography with which we are so familiar today. “The discovery of a new artistic voice, particularly one that was overlooked during the artist’s own lifetime, is particularly exciting. Maciejunes, CMA Executive Director and CEO. “The Columbus Museum of Art is very proud to present the first museum exhibition of Kali’s work," said Nannette V. The exhibition opens only a year after Kali’s posthumous debut which garnered international attention including a show at Staley-Wise Gallery in New York (click here to view), and numerous articles in important publications on the discovery. The Columbus presentation coincides with a major new publication on Kali from powerHouse Books, designed by designers Sam Shahid and Matthew Kraus of Shahid / Kraus & Company, with a lead essay by noted documentary filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer. LA Woman, which will be on view from September 10, 2022, to March 12, 2023, features more than 50 vintage and contemporary prints by the artist. The Columbus Museum of Art will present LA Woman: The Photographs of Kali, the first museum exhibition of the work of Kali, the recently discovered photographer from the 1960s.
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