In a year of exhibitions dedicated to female-identifying artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art, here are eight that stand out--from Howardina Pindell to Ellen Lesperance
Photo: Photography BMA/The Baltimore Museum of Art/MITRO HOOD PHOTO Male artists have long had their time in the sun. Now, in order to address common race and gender diversity gaps within the museum field, the Baltimore Museum of Art has launched a radical new program, the 2020 Vision Initiative, a year of exhibitions and programming dedicated to the artistic achievements of female identifying creatives.
Jo Smail Photo: Courtesy of Goya Contemporary Gallery Photo: Photography BMA/The Baltimore Museum of Art/MITRO HOOD PHOTO During her career, Smail has overcome a studio fire that destroyed all of her work and a stroke that left her unable to move or speak. Her new exhibit, Flying with Remnant Wings, features her paintings and works on paper, as well as collages that she collaborated on with fellow South African artist William Kentridge.
“Painting isn’t connected to certain surfaces or materials or to a particular place. A painting can land and remain anywhere: on a rubber boot, on an egg, in the crook of the arm, in the garden, on the bulging folds of a fabric, along a train platform, in the snow and ice, or on the beach. If painting isn’t connected to a place, then the imagination is not connected to a place; and since imagination is immediate reality, reality as well is site-less.
Ellen Lesperance Photo: Photography BMA/The Baltimore Museum/MITRO HOOD PHOTO Lesperance is known for taking inspiration from clothing worn by prominent women activists. Her exhibition, Velvet Fist, features figurative paintings that reimagine these clothes. Shinique Smith Photo: Shinique Smith / BMA Photo: Shinique Smith / BMA The former Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument had an inscription that read “Glory stands beside our grief.” In Smith’s sculpture, Grace Stands Beside, Smith reinterprets this idea to create a new monument to grace, aiming to pay tribute to the black community and others who have endured and survived prejudice.
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