Hope Gangloff, “Queen Jane Approximately,” 2011, acrylic on canvas. Collection of Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, Texas.
Ania Hobson, “Two Girls in a Bar,” 2020, oil on canvas. Green Family Art Foundation, courtesy of Adam Green Art Advisory.
Today The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opened its much-anticipated exhibition Women Painting Women. Featuring 46 female artists whose work spans from the late 1960s to today, this show sets up important conversations between artists and artworks.
Deborah Roberts, “Shanika and Grace,” 2022, mixed-media collage on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.]
Marlene Dumas, “Jen,” 2005, oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis in honor of Klause Biesenbach and Christophe Cherix, 2006.
Though these types of showcases of “all female artists” or “all [insert identifier] artists” can sometimes lack a larger cohesive idea and thus come across like a hodge-podge of works, that is not the case with Women Painting Women. The show’s main thrust is paintings (and mixed-media works) by women and of women and female identifying people, which together reveal various portrayals of “the female gaze.”
Emma Amons, “Woman with Flower Pot,” 1963, oil on canvas. Doree Friedman.
Additionally, the exhibition is presented in four themes, including Color as Portrait, Selfhood, Nature Personified, and The Body. With about fifty works of art on view, there is much to take in. Plan to visit with plenty of time for close looking, and perhaps schedule a second or third viewing before the exhibition closes on September 25, 2022.
Luchita Hurtado, “Untitled,” 1970, oil on canvas. Courtesy of The Estate of Lucita Hurtado and Hauser & Wirth.
Jenny Saville, “Strategy (North Face, Front Face, South Face),” 1994, oil on canvas. The Broad Art Foundation.
