Barbara Chase-Riboud

American artist, novelist, and poet Barbara Chase-Riboud (b. 1939) creates abstract, fluid metal forms that, combined with fibers, comprise a unique visual language. Inspired by her experiences of world travel in the decades following her education in Philadelphia, New Haven, and Rome, Chase-Riboud references a wide range of cultural histories, from ancient funerary steles to prominent Black figures of the civil rights movement including Josephine Baker and Malcolm X. From September 14, 2023 to March 17, 2024 Glenstone presented three monumental pieces from the artist’s longstanding sculpture practice, each from a different series of works: Malcolm X, Tantra, and La Musica.