“The whole point is to get name recognition to these artists who are so deserving because women did not get the same attention as men did with the press, the critics and the acclaim, in their lifetime,” said Nonie Gadsden, the curator.
It’s divided into seven sections, including one devoted to textile and fiber art, which saw its rise in the 1960s, including works by Lenore Tawney and Sheila Hicks, as well as action painters from the 1950s onward, including Joan Mitchell, Grace Hartigan and Helen Frankenthaler, among others.
One of the most stunning galleries in the exhibition is the section called Women and Abstraction at Midcentury, which traces female artists such as Carmen Herrera, Olga Lee and Maud Morgan, among others (it isn’t limited to painting, but includes ceramics, furniture and prints, among other mediums).