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Sacrifice #3: It Has To Last (After Yoshitoshi’s “Drowsy: The Appearance Of A Harlot Of The Meiji Era”)

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NO MAN’S LAND: Provocative Portraiture
Posted: October 3, 2016
Category: Sacrifice #3: It Has To Last (After Yoshitoshi’s “Drowsy: The Appearance Of A Harlot Of The Meiji Era”)
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.