10/09/2026
In the summer of 1973, Joyce Kozloff finds herself in Tepoztlán, Mexico, a place that has drawn generations of writers and artists into its extraordinary landscape and history. Here, among ancient architectural forms and the colors of Mexican visual culture, she discovers new possibilities for abstraction. In *Tepoztlán I*, passages of geometric forms unfold across the paper: verticals, crosses, diagonals, stars, and semicircles, each finding its own rhythm within a composition of remarkable freedom and invention.
Back in America, Kozloff is already deeply engaged in the feminist art movement. Together with other women artists and thinkers, she is questioning hierarchies and the foundations of American culture. Her discoveries in Mexico give these questions a new formal dimension. The geometry of ancient architecture, the rhythms of textiles, and the richness of ornament become the material of a new modern abstraction. In her hands, the boundaries between painting and decoration give way to an expansive vision of art, one that has a far reach and that she continues to develop throughout her career.
We are proud to present Joyce Kozloff’s *Tepoztlán I* (1973) in *Women’s Drawings, Feminist Works on Paper* at Duane Thomas Gallery, Tribeca.
We thank DC Moore Gallery for their kind loan and participation on this exhibition.
Joyce Kozloff