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Mavis Iona Pusey

Born in Jamaica in 1928 Mavis Pusey studied at the Art Students League in New York. Originally intending to study fashion design she changed her interest to Fine Arts where she studied printmaking with Will Barnett. It was at the ASL she did these abstract geometric lithographs.

Pusey wrote about her work: "My work consists of geometric forms in a variety of rhythmical configurations. These forms are based on buildings around the Manhattan area. I am inspired by the energy and the beat of the construction and demolition of these buildings—the tempo and movement mold into a synthesis and, for me, become another aesthetic of abstraction. I use color and texture to convey the tension that is the heartbeat of the city.

I see the new construction as a rebirth, a catalyst for a new environment, and since the past must be a link to the future, in each of my works…. there is a circle to depict the never-ending continuation of natural order and all matter."

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