Larger Than Life: Women Artists Making It BIG

   Featuring: Mothers of Inspiration

Curated By Jessica Lantz

In the History of art, there are more paintings of women than there are women painters. While women have been creating art as far back as Ancient Egypt, it was much further down the time line that they became recognized as gifted creators. Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi and Rococo artist Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun struggled to advance their talents. In the later period of Nineteenth Century Impressionism, artists like Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot imitated the strength of their predecessors by making their mark in a male dominated movement. With the emergence of women’s liberation in the twentieth century, women artists progressively flourished in Modern Art. Artists like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Louise Nevelson produced profound paintings and sculpture that shook the art world. In the 1970’s, at the height of the Feminist movement, women artists became Feminist artists. Their work focused on social and political issues supported by the idea that women have long been subordinate in a patriarchal society. Work by artists like Judy Chicago and Barbara Kruegar sent powerful messages of women’s role in History and Fine Arts. Many Contemporary women artists continue to incorporate female issues in their artwork.

Larger Than Life is an exhibition celebrating women artists, exhibiting Modern through Contemporary. These artists share the commonality of making it big in the art world, figuratively and literally. Their work demands your attention and will create an overpowering presence in the galleries of SAM.

This exhibition is a group of women artists who think big and create work that interacts with its audience. It is about artists who are making an impact with their work and evoking emotions, ideas, and curiosity.

The artists featured in Larger Than Life:

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