Artist Spotlight

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Artist Spotlight: Kimsooja’s Threads of Culture
Posted: September 9, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn more about artist Kimsooja, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Video.
Textile collage of cloth folded and stitched together in loose geometric formations with visible seams making linear patterns. Deep blues on the left and warm colors on the right frame blocks of silver, yellow and grey in the center, which extends into a slightly longer base.

Artist Spotlight: Mariko Mori—Artist, Prophetess, and Cyber-Geisha
Posted: September 3, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
“The world is melting; the world is melting, becoming one . . .” This Zen-apocalyptic chant is a translation of the Japanese lyrics artist Mariko Mori (b. 1967, Tokyo) sings...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

Artist Spotlight: Alex Prager’s La Petite Mort
Posted: August 26, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
Alex Prager (b. 1979, Los Angeles) is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker known for large-scale pictures of actresses in eccentrically costumed and choreographed crowds. La Petite Mort (2012), which is...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

Artist Spotlight: Margaret Salmon’s Video Ode to New Mothers
Posted: August 12, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
In 2005 Margaret Salmon (b. 1975, NY) received the inaugural Max Mara Art Prize for Women, which awarded her the opportunity to complete a six-month residency in Italy to further...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

Artist Spotlight: Behind the Scenes with Eve Sussman, the Rufus Corporation, and the Old Masters
Posted: August 4, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
When first exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, 89 Seconds at Alcázar (2004) was a runaway success. Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, a collaborative of actors, choreographers, technicians, and...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.

Artist Spotlight: Janaina Tschäpe, Goddess of Water and Melancholy
Posted: July 28, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn more about artist Janaina Tschäpe, who is known for Lacrimacorpus (Zeitschneide) and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
An adult woman seen from behind standing before two open glass doors leading out to a balcony overlooking greenery. She is dressed in a long, tan, period gown and her hair is tied up. Around her shoulders are several clear bubbles, resembling a scarf made of bubbles.

Artist Spotlight: The Magical Erasure of Michal Rovner
Posted: July 22, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn more about artist Michal Rovner, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Videoand in the NMWA collection.
Four long, white, cloudy-looking wisps against a cyan navy background.

Judy’s Diamond Jubilee
Posted: July 20, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
Today is a very special day for the legendary Judy Chicago—her 75th birthday! Over her 75 years, Judy Chicago has made a prominent name for herself as an artist, author,...
Installation view of a gallery space with purple walls. Several colorful art pieces are hanging on the wall. On one wall, the text says: Judy Chicago, circa '75.

Meret Oppenheim’s “Schoolgirl’s Notebook”
Posted: July 15, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
On view in Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships, the artist’s early work Schoolgirl’s Notebook (Cahier d’une Écoliere) provides insight into her spirit and ambition as a young artist, as well as...
An open book into whose pages the shapes of hands have been cut. Gray gloves painted with red veins are visible through the cutouts. An identical pair of gloves rest next to the book.

Artist Spotlight: The Collaboration of Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter
Posted: July 8, 2014
Category: Artist Spotlight
In 2005, spouses Ingrid Mwangi (b. 1975, Nairobi, Kenya) and Robert Hutter (b. 1964, Ludwigshafen, Germany) began working as a collaborative artistic force. Today, they exhibit their joint works under...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.