Nmwa Exhibitions

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka: “SOLANGE” at NMWA

Posted: November 23, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka discusses the inspiration for her “SOLANGE” series.
A building with a white mesh artwork covering its façade, featuring bright pink cross-stitched letters that say "As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist."

In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka: Artistic Practice

Posted: November 2, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka discusses her artistic practice and new installation on the museum's façade.
A building with a white mesh artwork covering its façade, featuring bright pink cross-stitched letters that say "As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist."

First Person: MISS CHELOVE

Posted: July 25, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
MISS CHELOVE describes her work for NMWA, —Reseeded: A Forest Floor Flow, including her use of traditional Javanese adornments and botanicals that are native to Indonesia.
A woman’s head and shoulders are partially obscured by leaves, flora, and abstract graphics. She has medium-light skin tone and black hair worn in a high bun, and she looks up and to the side in a regal pose.

Off the Wall with MISS CHELOVE: Part 3

Posted: July 12, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In the final segment of a three-part interview, artist MISS CHELOVE, whose newest work is on view on NMWA's building exterior, speaks about her process and the role of community...
A woman’s head and shoulders are partially obscured by leaves, flora, and abstract graphics. She has medium-light skin tone and black hair worn in a high bun, and she looks up and to the side in a regal pose.

Off the Wall with MISS CHELOVE: Part 2

Posted: May 18, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In the second of a three-part interview, artist MISS CHELOVE speaks about the influences that inform her work, including her monumental mural now on view on NMWA's building exterior.
A woman with medium skin tone with long dark hard, sunglasses, and a black shirt stands in front of the exterior of the museum and the large, colorful mural on the front.

Positive Fragmentation: Time and (Sub)text

Posted: May 11, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn about artists in Positive Fragmentation, including Julie Mehretu, Barbara Takenaga, and Ellen Gallagher, who use the act of deconstruction to explore concepts of time.
Alternating strands of white, black, and rust-colored orbs resembling beads emanate from a central point. They create a mesmerizing design and the shape of a X in the middle.

Off the Wall with MISS CHELOVE: Part 1

Posted: March 28, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In the first of a three-part interview, artist MISS CHELOVE speaks about the motifs and themes in her new, monumental artwork now on view on NMWA's building exterior.
A woman’s head and shoulders are partially obscured by leaves, flora, and abstract graphics. She has medium-light skin tone and black hair worn in a high bun, and she looks up and to the side in a regal pose.

Positive Fragmentation: Wangechi Mutu on the Black Body

Posted: March 23, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In the NMWA-organized exhibition Positive Fragmentation, Wangechi Mutu's collages of Black female hybrid figures illuminate inequities at the intersection of race and gender.
A group of twelve images in a grid shows faces that are collaged together from various separate images showing facial features, internal organs, and ambiguous elements. Most of the faces appear to show women with dark skin tone, and the other images evoke medical illustrations.Any detail must be accompanied by a grid image of all works in series

Positive Fragmentation: Built Environments

Posted: February 23, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Several artists in Positive Fragmentation address the built spaces we inhabit. Learn about the works of Nicola López (b. 1975), Sarah Morris (b. 1967), and Swoon (b. 1977).
Mixed media work on paper depicts a tangle of colorful forms in the center of the paper. Some forms are printed abstracted architectural structures and pipes. Other forms are made out of mylar and represent hoses and plastic fencing.

Positive Fragmentation: Making New Meaning

Posted: February 2, 2022
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In the NMWA-organized exhibition Positive Fragmentation, Betye Saar and Wendy Red Star construct new meanings and iconographies through assemblage of repurposed imagery.
This colorful collage/print features cut-out photographs of three pickup trucks covered in vibrant, geometric-patterned, Native American blankets atop a blue, pink, and red geometric background. A few men and women populate the vehicles, some sitting on the back bumper, others on the roof. Above and below this segment are alternating layers of green, red, and orange stripes, and red stars on a muted yellow background.