November 1, 2024
The Trout Gallery will celebrate the opening of this exhibition with free drinks and appetizers.
Isabel Bishop, Girl in Slacks , n.d., ink wash drawing, 18 1/8 x 13 in., Reading Public Museum, Gift of the Artist, 1962.430.1.
The title of this exhibition is borrowed from a small drawing by Isabel Bishop (American, 1902-88), who is best known for depicting working women in the 1920s and 1930s. Following Bishop's interest in progressive representations of gender and sexuality, this exhibition considers how women artists challenged conventions and faced issues of sexism, racism and identity in their work. On display are works by artists Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945), Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988), Francoise Gilot (French, 1921-2023), Adrian Piper (American, b. 1960) and Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960), among others, on loan from the Reading Public Museum.
The exhibition and programming are co-sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and the Women’s & Gender Resource Center.
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Further information
- Location: Weiss Center for the Arts Lobby
- Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Cost: $0.00