Rachel bas-Cohain | |
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| Born | 1937 (1937) New York City |
| Died | 1982 (aged 44–45) New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | conceptual art |
Rachel bas-Cohain (1937–1982) was a New York-based conceptual artist. She was a founding member of theA.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence).
Bas-Cohain was born in 1937 in New York.[1] She obtained her arts education from theArt Students League of New York. She also attendedThe New School for Social Research, theBrooklyn Museum School, andBrooklyn College.[2] She was a graduate of the Brooklyn School of Music and received a two-year grant from the Radcliffe Institute inCambridge, Massachusetts.[2] Bas-Cohain had fellowships at theMacDowell Colony in 1966 and 1968.[3] In 1972, she became one of the founding members of the A.I.R. Gallery.[4]
Over the course of her career, she worked in a variety of media and styles. She described her work as "air, fluids, light in motion exhibited as sculpture."[5]
Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists byMary Beth Edelson.[6]
Her work is in the collection of theSmithsonian American Art Museum,[1] theWhitney Museum of American Art,[7] and theIndianapolis Museum of Art.[8]
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