Calligraphy

Locating Fishman's work in mainstream contemporary art is a challenge — she has carved out a rather solitary place for herself. The loopy calligraphy of paintings like Pink and Blue and You (2003) suggest an alliance with the work of Brice Marden, but the resemblance is superficial. Fishman is the anti-Marden: where Marden's flowing lines are contemplative and transcendent, Fishman's brushstrokes are willful and explosive. It's not necessary to know about Fishman's activist politics to sense that she is not content with the state of the world. These paintings are emblems of resistance, both in and of the studio.

— by Rex Weil, ArtNews (June 2006)
HILL CENSER
HILL CENSER Oil on linen 47 x 51 in / 119.4 x 129.5 cm 1996
KNOW THE WHITE
KNOW THE WHITE Oil on linen 36 x 24 in / 91.4 x 61 cm 1997
HEAVY IS THE ROOT OF THE LIGHT
HEAVY IS THE ROOT OF THE LIGHT Oil on linen 30 x 23 in / 76.2 x 58.4 cm 1997
UNTITLED
UNTITLED Oil on canvas 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 in / 38.4 x 54 cm 1998
THAT IRON STRING
THAT IRON STRING Oil on linen 38 x 38 in / 96.5 x 96.5 cm 2000
UNTITLED
UNTITLED Ink wash and gouache on paper 29.75 x 22 in / 75.6 x 55.9 cm 2001
UNTITLED
UNTITLED Ink wash and pencil on paper 30 x 22 in / 76.2 x 55.9 cm 2002
BREAKING AND ENTERING
BREAKING AND ENTERING Oil on canvas 77 x 88 in / 195.6 x 223.5 cm 2005
ARCTIC SEA
ARCTIC SEA Acrylic on canvas 72 x 65 in / 182.9 x 165.1 cm 2007
SCATTERSHOT
SCATTERSHOT Oil on linen 50.75 x 29.5 in 2010