Revival

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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Wonder and Whimsy: Anna Gaskell

Posted: August 7, 2017
Category: Revival
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
A green forest with someone wearing a dark, full skirt and white petticoat sitting upside down against a tree trunk with their stockinged legs and shoes exposed.

Returning the Gaze: Lalla Essaydi

Posted: July 25, 2017
Category: Revival
Learn more about artist Lalla Essaydi, whose work is featured in the current NMWA exhibition Revival.
A woman lying on her back gazes confidently out at viewer adorned and surrounded by polished bullet casings

Delicate & Dangerous: Cathy de Monchaux

Posted: July 20, 2017
Category: Revival
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
An oval, vessel-shaped sculpture features a concave interior of concentric, ruby-red velvet folds. Twelve evenly spaced, red leather straps adorned with brass hardware radiate from the center. They appear to restrain the interior and anchor the piece to the floor.

Mixed Media Majesty: Petah Coyne

Posted: July 10, 2017
Category: Revival
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
Installation view of a sculpture hanging from the ceiling in a gallery space. The sculpture consists of myriad layers of melted pink and white wax that encrust and obscure the metal armature for this abstract sculpture, which hangs from satin-wrapped chains. Its color and shape, as well as the bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral accretions.

Hair’s the Thing: Sonya Clark

Posted: July 6, 2017
Category: Revival
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
A circular wreath made of dark, tightly coiled hair with strands escaping and resembling laurels.

Not So Itsy Bitsy: Louise Bourgeois

Posted: July 3, 2017
Category: Revival
In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle...
Bronze sculpture of a spider on a white platform against a magenta background.

Can Art Rouse the Spirit? Experience “Revival” this Summer!

Posted: June 15, 2017
Category: Revival
On June 23, NMWA’s second floor will come alive with brilliant contemporary sculpture and photo-based art by 16 women artists in the summer exhibition Revival. The show explores the featured artists’ representations...
Three photographs join to show a woman lying on a bed on her back. Turning her head to look at the viewer, she wears airy light clothing and a heavy, wide gold belt and her long hair falls to the floor. A metallic surface covers everything - the walls, furniture and the woman.