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Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958 – 1968
January 22 – March 15

The first exhibition of female Pop artists takes aim at more accurately reflecting the depth of women's contributions to Pop Art. "Seductive Subversion" features Marisol's "John Wayne" sculpture; "Black Rosy," an eight-foot-tall "Nana" sculpture by French sculptor, painter and filmmaker Niki de Saint Phalle; Rosalyn Drexler's oil and acrylic works "Chubby Checker" and "Home Movies"; Chryssa's Times Square-inspired "Ampersand," a multi-layered stylized and illuminated neon ampersand in a Plexiglas cube; and a 17-foot-long triptych by Idelle Weber. Paintings and sculptures by Faith Ringgold, Pauline Boty, Vija Celmins, Dorothy Grebenak, Jann Haworth, Kay Kurt, Yayoi Kusama, Lee Lozano, Mara McAfee, Barbro Ostlihn, Martha Rosler, Marjorie Strider, Alina Szapocznikow and Joyce Wieland are also featured in the show. Also at the Hamilton Hall Galleries and Borowsky Gallery in Gershman Hall.


In the Window on Broad

Davis Campbell

"Green Triptych" by Marjorie Strider, 1963, acrylic paint, laminated pine on masonite panels, 105 x 72 inches.
Courtesy of the Artist/Collection of Michael T Chutko.
Photography by Randal Bye.

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