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“I’ve always had a fascination with the needle

I believe this was such a moment for me

Lorna Simpson

one of the most respected artists of his generation

Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita taschen and line quality of theAt 18, Corita Kent (1918 86) entered the Roman Catholic order of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Angeles, where she taught art and eventually ran the art department. After more than 30 years, at the end of the 1960s, she left the order to devote herself to making her own work. Over a 35 year career she made watercolors, posters, books and banners and most of all, serigraphs in an accessible and dynamic style that appropriated techniques