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Spotlight on Oppenheim: Inspiration, Repetition, and Surrealism
Meret Oppenheim often explored one subject through a variety of mediums. A favorite theme was the legend of the eighth-century queen Genevieve of Brabant, who was unjustly accused of adultery and...
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Coming Soon: Total Art: Contemporary Video
Summer’s heat and rain have descended upon the District. Luckily, NMWA’s summer exhibition, Total Art: Contemporary Video, can help you beat the heat with an immersive journey into the world of video...
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Now on View: The Compelling Worlds of “Total Art: Contemporary Video” at NMWA
Why does the moniker “total art” apply to the medium of video? What elements can be incorporated, and how does the genre blur traditional lines between “fine art” and other artistic expressions such as...
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Members & Mashups: Video Art Preview Day
Last Thursday, NMWA members visited the museum for a sneak peak at our newest exhibition, Total Art: Contemporary Video. Member Preview Days are hosted by NMWA’s staff the day before new exhibitions...
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Hands as an Artist’s Tools: Meret Oppenheim
While living in France as an art student, Meret Oppenheim made many unusual sketches for gloves. She designed gloves covered with fur in 1934 and gloves showing the hand’s bone structure in 1936. Elsa...
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NMWA’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Magdalena Abakanowicz
To honor Magdalena Abakanowicz (b.1930) on her 84th birthday, NMWA anticipates the upcoming public installation of her work on New York Avenue for one year beginning this September, as the third artist...
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Artist Spotlight: Dara Birnbaum—Video as Subject and Form
On view in Total Art: Contemporary Video, Dara Birnbaum’s Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978–79) opens with several minutes of footage showing intense explosions, transformations, and...
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Artist Spotlight: Pipilotti Rist’s Red Room and Blue Bodily Letter
One of the nine gallery spaces in Total Art: Contemporary Video is vividly painted with an oblong white space centered on a red wall. This was not a random design decision, but rather a feature of the...
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Artist Spotlight: The Collaboration of Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter
In 2005, spouses Ingrid Mwangi (b. 1975, Nairobi, Kenya) and Robert Hutter (b. 1964, Ludwigshafen, Germany) began working as a collaborative artistic force. Today, they exhibit their joint works under...
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Meret Oppenheim’s “Schoolgirl’s Notebook”
On view in Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships, the artist’s early work Schoolgirl’s Notebook (Cahier d’une Écoliere) provides insight into her spirit and ambition as a young artist, as well as her...
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Judy’s Diamond Jubilee
Today is a very special day for the legendary Judy Chicago—her 75th birthday! Over her 75 years, Judy Chicago has made a prominent name for herself as an artist, author, educator, and source of...
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Artist Spotlight: The Magical Erasure of Michal Rovner
Upon entering the exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Video, your attention may be drawn to the large blue artwork on the opposite wall. From a distance, it is challenging to determine the print’s...
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Artist Spotlight: Janaina Tschäpe, Goddess of Water and Melancholy
Janaina Tschäpe (b. 1973, Munich) is a Brazilian-German artist who creates paintings, drawings, photographs, and video art. Inspired by landscapes of the Amazonian rainforest in Brazil, as well as...
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Artist Spotlight: Behind the Scenes with Eve Sussman, the Rufus Corporation,...
When first exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, 89 Seconds at Alcázar (2004) was a runaway success. Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, a collaborative of actors, choreographers, technicians, and...
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Artist Spotlight: Margaret Salmon’s Video Ode to New Mothers
In 2005 Margaret Salmon (b. 1975, NY) received the inaugural Max Mara Art Prize for Women, which awarded her the opportunity to complete a six-month residency in Italy to further develop her filmic...
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Meret Oppenheim’s “Table with Bird’s Feet”
On view at NMWA in Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships, through September 14, Table with Bird’s Feet is a Surrealist sculpture that blends an everyday object with the fantastical. It was first...
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Art, Books, and Creativity! The 2014 ABC Teacher Institute
After a long school year, how do teachers recharge their batteries and fill their minds with exciting new project ideas for the year to come? For a select group from as far away as Cleveland, Ohio, and...
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Artist Spotlight: Alex Prager’s La Petite Mort
Alex Prager (b. 1979, Los Angeles) is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker known for large-scale pictures of actresses in eccentrically costumed and choreographed crowds. La Petite Mort (2012),...
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Artist Spotlight: Kimsooja’s Threads of Culture
The art of Kimsooja (b. 1957, South Korea) is anchored in physical and metaphorical explorations of fabrics, textiles, and sewing. She has used a needle and thread to stitch together much of her work,...
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There’s No Place Like . . . Where?
Has NMWA’s exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Video left you wanting to know even more about video artists? You’re in luck! Today, the museum opens a new installation, bringing even more video art into...
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