Sharon Core

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.

More than Meets the Eye: Surprising Materials

Posted: October 27, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
Several of the artists featured in NMWA’s collection galleries create works that seem to be at odds with their materials. In creating a paradox between subject and material, these artists...
Large, abstract sculpture, fabricated of rusted iron wires, conveys an organic form. At center is a mass of thin, tangled wires shaped into a thick disc, sitting on edge. From either side of the center disc a mass of slightly bent, thicker wires juts straight out.

Gallery Reboot: Natural Women

Posted: October 9, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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.

Striking Balance: Fanny Sanín’s Process

Posted: October 7, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
Upon first glance, paintings by Fanny Sanín (b. 1938) look impeccably neat. Whether on paper or canvas, the decisive lines and solid colors of her geometric abstractions almost conceal evidence...
Abstract painting of varying sizes of rectangles divided into three vertical sections flanked by thin, light blue stripes. The central composition includes red cross-shapes with cream, grey and black rectangles; on either side are symmetrical black, brown, and gray horizontal stripes.

American Abstraction: Expanded

Posted: October 4, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
NMWA hosts the exhibition Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today, opening to the public on Friday, October 13, 2017. Mildred Thompson, Untitled (Wood Picture), ca. 1966; Found wood...
Abstract painting features a vivid yellow background covered by circles, daubs, and straight and wavy lines in red, orange, cobalt, sky blue, and violet. Arcing red strokes evoke concentric circles. Straight lines in other hues radiate out from the center circle like a starburst.

5 Fast Facts: Jiha Moon

Posted: September 28, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Jiha Moon, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
Abstract painting features translucent, wave-like turquoise, aquamarine, and fuchsia washes mingled with red lines and hard-edged, matte-pink sinuous shapes bounded by blue and green scales. Other details resolve into a human hand, tree-sprigged mountains, and craggy branches.

Crocheted Creatures: Joana Vasconcelos

Posted: September 7, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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 mass-produced, ceramic German shepherd sits upright and alert with mouth open and tongue extended as if panting. Panels of elaborate hand-crafted crochet in shades of mint, citron, and emerald green form a skin-tight web that entirely envelops the dog.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn: Alison Saar

Posted: September 6, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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...
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.

Humanly Possible: Patricia Piccinini

Posted: August 23, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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 sculpture consists of two metallic-orange motor scooters manipulated to resemble male deer. Leather seats become haunches, dashboard dials resemble faces, and multiple rear-view mirrors morph into antlers. The serpentine, hybrid animal-machines appear to spar for dominance.

Call of the Wild: Polly Morgan

Posted: August 12, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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 woman with a light skin tone and short, blonde hair stands before a white wall next to a sculpture. The sculpture is a metal construction with yellow birds attached to its top.

Falling into Place: Charlotte Gyllenhammar

Posted: August 10, 2017
Category: Sharon Core
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 large canvas with colorful brushstrokes takes up almost the entire wall. There are several large photographs hanging on the wall. They are blurry and it is not visible what they are showing; one seems to depict a cage and birds.