Lalla Essaydi, Bullets Revisited #3, 2012 Three chromogenic prints mounted on aluminum, 66 x 150 in. overall; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Purchased with funds provided by Jacqueline Badger Mars, Sunny Scully Alsup and William Alsup, Mr. Sharad Tak and Mrs. Mahinder Tak, Marcia and Frank Carlucci, and Nancy Nelson Stevenson; © Lalla Essaydi
REVIVAL, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, photography and video by women artists, will be on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) June 23-September 10, 2017.
"Exploring how arresting aesthetics and intense subject matter can spur the viewer into a transcendent encounter with a work of art, the exhibition focuses on 16 artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Sonya Clark, Petah Coyne, Lalla Essaydi, Maria Marshall, Alison Saar, Beverly Semmes, Joana Vasconcelos, and Bettina von Zwehl. REVIVAL launches the exhibition schedule celebrating the museum's 30th-anniversary year."
There will be a gallery talk at midday on June 28th, 2017. Admission is free.
Located in Washington, D.C., The National Museum of Women in the Arts is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the achievements of women artists.
Anna Gaskell, untitled #104 (A Short Story of Happenstance), 2003; Chromogenic print, 71 ½ x 90 ¼ in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Anna Gaskell
Deborah Paauwe, Tangled Whisper, 2004; Chromogenic print, 70 ⅞ x 70 ⅞ in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VISCOPY, Australia; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Fall III, 1999; Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 38 x 39 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Maria Marshall, Future Perfect, 1998; Iris print, 56 x 39 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection