This exhibition features works by significant women artists who demonstrate an interest in pushing the limits of their medium, whether it is photography, drawing, or painting, as well as those who challenge traditional expectations of women’s subject matter. The show features works from the Big Daddy series by May Stevens, Nancy Graves’ lunar map prints, works by Barbara Kruger, Miriam Schapiro, Nancy Spero, Mary Frank, Sally Mann, Louise Nevelson, and Irene Rice Pereira. In addition there will be an installation of new work by contemporary lens-based artist Ellen Carey. Carey’s work explores the photographic process using large-format Polaroid cameras. Her large-scale images are abstract—they do not record images seen through a camera lens—but rather the chemical process of photography.
Public Programs:

September 28, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.; Artist’s Talk by Ellen Carey

 

October 26, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.; Lecture by Sherry Buckberrough

 

November 2, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.; Lecture by Ann Hoy

 

December 3, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.; Lecture by Susan Fillin-Yeh.

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Complementing Femme Brut is an exhibit of original musical compositions penned by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester. This exhibit aims to highlight and make visual the creative process and link music with visual art forms. Text as image will offer the viewer insight into the composer’s creative process just as brushstrokes allow the viewer to retrace a painter’s labor trail. Special Event! Melissa Manchester will perform in a Benefit Concert for the Lyman Allyn on Saturday, September 16, 2006. Call the museum for more information.

Carey’s work explores the photographic process using large-format Polaroid cameras. Her work is abstract—it does not record images seen through a camera lens—but rather the chemical process of photography. The resulting large-scale images are brightly-colored shapes: the “pulls” resemble surfboards and the moirés, a type of fabric.