Picturing Women: Contemporary Artists Respond to Representations of Women in the Acton Collection
Villa La Pietra NYU Florence
Via Bolognese 120, Florence, Italy
June 26 2017– January 16, 2018
Caption: Ghost #18” (Fantasma #18), 2013,
dye sublimation on silk (sublimazione della tintura su seta) 120 x 60 inches
Using the Acton Collection as both a productive and discursive site, this exhibition examines the depiction of women with a transhistorical perspective, adding into the Villa’s collection contemporary responses by artists and poets in an effort to investigate, challenge and expand upon received art historical categories of iconography, patronage, material and function. Regarding Women in the Acton Collection is inaugurated as part of The Season, curated and produced by Ellyn Toscano. The Season was founded in 2005 by Toscano, the Villa's director, from her vision to set contemporary work in conversation with the Villa's expansive grounds and eclectic art collection. Since 2005, The Season has produced collaboration and exploration between international artists of varying mediums.
Works + Installation Views
Ghost #18, 2013, dye sublimation on silk, 120 x 60 inches
Ghost #18, 2013, dye sublimation on silk 120 x 60 inches
Ghost #19, 2013, dye sublimation on silk, 120 x 60 inches