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Since 2017, thematic installations of NMWA\u2019s collection have mixed and mingled artists across time and place. These innovative groupings\u2014in some cases anchored by a medium, in others by an idea\u2014aim to transform visitors\u2019 perceptions of art objects and their creators. Within NMWA\u2019s newly renovated building, galleries will continue to reject outdated chronological and gender-based art hierarchies. A joyful and provocative combination of works spanning six continents and six centuries emphasizes the illimitable vision of women artists worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fresh Themes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the third-floor collection galleries, nine thematic categories disrupt conventional ideas about women and nonbinary artists\u2019 approaches. Several themes\u2014such as the large-scale sculptures in \u201cHeavyweight\u201d and the creative applications of textile techniques in \u201cFiber Optics\u201d\u2014highlight artists who upend gendered expectations of those mediums. Others aim to show the work in NMWA\u2019s collection in a new light: \u201cElemental,\u201d for example, highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists who view earth, water, fire, and air as creative tools and forces of life, purification, and destruction. For the first time, two themes, \u201cSeeing Red\u201d and \u201cNo Shrinking Violet,\u201d gather works that share common hues, pointing to the varied emotion and symbolism that artists can express through color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reinstalled collection galleries are organized by theme, including explorations of the colors purple (left) and red (right); Photo by Jennifer Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seeing Red<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Red, more than other hues, commands attention. Although specific responses to it reflect personal experiences and cultural influences, red consistently provokes emotional extremes and antithetical associations. Shades of crimson, cherry, ruby, and rose, among others, can seduce or warn, allude to ardent love or impassioned anger, and signify both danger and good fortune. It evokes our life\u2019s blood as well as fire, a source of vital warmth and light but also fearsome energy. Artists throughout the centuries have wielded the color red in its many variations for formal, realistic, and symbolic purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alison Saar’s Scorch Song<\/i> (2022) (center) and Alma Woodsey Thomas’s Orion<\/i> (1973) (back right) illuminate the emotional, symbolic, and formal purposes of the color red; Photo by Alicia Gregory, NMWA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Featured works employ red to illuminate artists\u2019 emotional responses and elicit ours. In her sculpture Scorch Song<\/a><\/em> (2022), Alison Saar<\/a> (b. 1956) presents a carved wood female figure, warrior-like in a skirt of cast-iron skillets and brandishing another as weapon. The sculpture\u2019s red hue, alluding to the Yoruba deity of thunder and lightning, heightens her ferocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The color serves symbolic purposes, yet also formal ones, as it organizes a composition or creates visual rhythm. In her abstract painting Orion<\/a><\/em> (1973), Alma Woodsey Thomas<\/a> (1891\u20131978) used varied shades of crimson and scarlet to express the power required for a rocket to leave the planet\u2019s atmosphere. Inspired by the Apollo space missions in the 1960s, her mosaic-like brushwork suggests flickering starlight, while the red palette signifies the heat and energy required to break Earth\u2019s gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Niki de Saint Phalle’s Pregnant Nana<\/i> (1995) greets visitors in the new collection galleries; Photo by Jennifer Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Evoking its long association with love, luck, and life, artists also employ red in works of celebration. Niki de Saint Phalle (1930\u20132002) communicates a joyful vision of womanhood in Pregnant Nana <\/em>(1995). Boldly colored patterns adorn the voluptuous breasts, buttocks, and stomach of this \u201ceverywoman\u201d who recalls fertility goddess effigies from ancient civilizations. The figure\u2019s monumental scale underscores women\u2019s empowerment, while her animated pose and expressive gesture exude pleasure and playfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Red-y for Our Reopening<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NMWA reopens on October 21. Plan your visit<\/a> and experience the remixed galleries\u2014in all their glorious hues\u2014in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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