Coni Minneci: Mothers of Invention - Real Women Who Rock

by Mark Strong, Coni Minneci

Overview

Printed for the solo exhibition, Coni Minneci: Mothers of Invention - Real Women Who Rock, from September 18 - October 17, 2020, at Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY. The exhibit catalog showcases thirty-six modestly scaled, mixed media artworks by Coni Minneci (American, born 1950) honoring twenty-six historic and contemporary women inventors. In addition to researching the women and their inventions, she challenged herself to incorporate multiple references to their inventions in the artworks and, in many cases, this involved actually using the materials they invented. The resulting artworks, hybrids of painting and assemblage, are thoughtfully conceived and expertly constructed and took Coni five years to complete.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781716716478
Publisher:	Lulu.com
Publication date:	08/08/2020
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	893,901
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Artwork by Coni Minneci (American, born 1950) with added notes. Edited by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts with added notes and index. Essay by Dr. Gerald Mead, who is an independent curator, artist, educator, art collector and leading authority on Western New York art. All photographs by Lisa Langer, Pencil in the River Studio, Inc., Digital Imaging and Fine Art Giclée Reproductions, pencilintheriver.com.

Artwork by Coni Minneci (American, born 1950) with added notes. Edited by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts with added notes and index. Essay by Dr. Gerald Mead, who is an independent curator, artist, educator, art collector and leading authority on Western New York art. All photographs by Lisa Langer, Pencil in the River Studio, Inc., Digital Imaging and Fine Art Giclée Reproductions, pencilintheriver.com.

Table of Contents

Coni Minneci, Mothers of Invention - Real Women Who Rock, List of Women Inventors, Mary Anderson (American, 1866-1953), Dr. Virginia Apgar (American, 1909-1974), Dr. Patricia E. Bath (American, 1942-2019), Maria E. Beasley (American, 1847-1904), Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (German, 1873-1950), Charlotte Bridgwood (American, 1861-1929), Marie Van Brittan Brown (American, 1922-1999), Josephine Cochrane (American, 1839-1913), Marion Donovan (American, 1917-1998), Sarah E. Goode (American, 1855-1905), Bette Nesmith Graham (American, 1924-1980), Dr. Carmen Hijosa (Spanish, born 1952), Grace Hopper (American, 1906-1992), Ayla Hutchinson (New Zealander, born 1999), Rachel E. Jackson (American, born 1969), Nancy Johnson (American, 1794-1890), Mary Dixon Kies (American, 1752-1837), Margaret E. Knight (American, 1838-1914), Stephanie L. Kwolek (American, 1923-2014), Hedy Lamarr (Austrian-American, 1914-2000), Augusta "Ada" King, Countess of Lovelace (English, 1815-1852), Mary Sherman Morgan (American, 1921-2004), Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Magie Phillips (American, 1866-1948), Andrea M. Sreshta (American, born 1983), Anna R. Stork (American, born 1986), Ruth Graves Wakefield (American, 1903-1977), Margaret A. Wilcox (American, 1838-?)