Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
![View of a gallery space. On a black wall, it says in white, bold letters: "NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection". There is a textile sculpture hanging from the ceiling in the room behind the wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/No-Man_s-Land-Exhibition_01_3153-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-5-700x330.jpg)
Sculptor and printmaker Alison Saar (b. 1956) often carves wood, which led to her attraction to the woodcut printmaking technique. She makes most of her prints after her sculptures, using them...
![Lithograph print on a blue background portrays a nude woman laying horizontally across the length of the paper. In place of hair, a bottle tree appears to sprout from the figure’s head.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/56.2012-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids reveal the expressive range of women artists in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, on view from September 30, 2016, to...
![View of a gallery space. On a black wall, it says in white, bold letters: "NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection". There is a textile sculpture hanging from the ceiling in the room behind the wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/No-Man_s-Land-Exhibition_01_3153-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about sculptor and printmaker Alison Saar, whose work is on view in Alison Saar In Print through October 2, 2016.
![Lithograph print on a blue background portrays a nude woman laying horizontally across the length of the paper. In place of hair, a bottle tree appears to sprout from the figure’s head.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/56.2012-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Strong Impressions: Alison Saar’s Powerful Prints
Posted: August 23, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Alison Saar (b. 1956) is primarily recognized for her sculptural works although her woodcuts, lithographs, and etchings are also a remarkable part of her oeuvre. Saar says that one key advantage to...
![Lithograph print on a blue background portrays a nude woman laying horizontally across the length of the paper. In place of hair, a bottle tree appears to sprout from the figure’s head.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/56.2012-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
While the 2016 Rio Olympic Games encourage development in Brazil and bolster the country’s worldwide reputation, NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) is showing a work that...
![A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pereira-EvilEye_25571-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
She Who Tells a Story artists use artistic and documentary techniques to both depict experiences and address concerns about the medium of photography.
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) currently features an exhibition showcasing works by book Mumbai-based artist Priya Pereira. The artist explores Indian culture, history, time, and language...
![A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pereira-EvilEye_25571-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)