Fri, Jan 27
|Washington
Women Artists @ the Hirshhorn Museum of Art
Complimentary in-person visit to the exhibition, "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection"
Time & Location
Jan 27, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Washington, Independence Ave SW &, 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
About The Event
The morning visit is full. Due to popular demand, another visit will be offered in the afternoon at 3 pm.
The more the merrier! Friends new and old are welcome! Registration is required for each participant.
"This exhibition unites almost a century of work by 49 women and nonbinary artists in a range of media drawn exclusively from the Hirshhorn’s permanent collection. One-quarter of the artworks have been made in the past decade by the likes of Loie Hollowell, Rachel Jones, Deana Lawson, Sondra Perry and Kiyan Williams. One-third have never been on view at the Hirshhorn. Recent acquisitions, including pieces by Dana Awartani, Zanele Muholi and Billie Zangewa, reflect the museum’s mission to acquire and highlight global voices.
Titled after a 1963 painting by American pop artist Rosalyn Drexler, whose work is featured in the first gallery, “Put It This Way” is organized by Hirshhorn Associate Curator Anne Reeve. The exhibition speaks to traditionally marginalized artists’ decisive and virtuosic achievements, and investigates a wide array of aesthetic, political and historical concerns. The full-floor presentation is intended to encourage conversations around the significance of gender in creating and perceiving an artwork, the effects of categorizing artists by gender as well as the museum’s role and responsibilities in stewarding the national collection of modern and contemporary art."
Featured ARTISTS
- Zarouhie Abdalian
- Anni Albers
- Dana Awartani
- Mary Bauermeister
- Lee Bontecou
- Cecily Brown
- Carlotta Corpron
- Judy Dater
- Jay DeFeo
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Liz Deschenes
- Rosalyn Drexler
- Katharina Fritsch
- Isa Genzken
- Guerrilla Girls
- Barbara Hepworth
- Eva Hesse
- Loie Hollowell
- Jennie C. Jones
- Rachel Jones
- Deana Lawson
- Eva LeWitt
- Helen Lundeberg
- Agnes Martin
- Ana Mendieta
- Joan Mitchell
- Zanele Muholi
- Senga Nengudi
- Louise Nevelson
- Saskia Olde Wolbers
- Sondra Perry
- Christina Quarles
- Deborah Roberts
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Betye Saar
- Carolee Schneemann
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
- Arlene Shechet
- Nancy Spero
- Michelle Stuart
- Amy Sillman
- Emily Mae Smith
- Diana Thater
- Julia Thecla
- Alma Thomas
- Anne Truitt
- Lesley Vance
- Kiyan Williams
- Billie Zangewa