Kasten, Barbara (1936–)

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Kasten, Barbara (1936–)

American experimental photographer. Born 1936 in Chicago, Illinois; University of Arizona, BFA, 1959; California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA, 1970.

Studied for a year with fiber sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz in Poland; upon returning to California, began to work in photography, making abstract photograms of folded mesh and large-scale Polacolor prints of sculptural arrangements; moved to NY (1982); was involved in a number of varied projects, including designing stage settings for Margaret Jenkins Dance Co. in San Francisco, photographing existing modern architecture for an architectural series, and creating a series of photographs based on the 19th-century (Jackson) Pollock-(Lee) Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton.

See also Women in World History.