Featuring more than 70 artists from 22 countries, the exhibition explores how profoundly women artists participated in shaping the stories of modernism and challenges the visitor to rethink the idea of modern art as a linear, progressive development, being mainly dominated by men.
Breaking with traditional art historical frameworks allows to combine and juxtapose a diverse and exciting variety of artists, most of them have never been shown together. By spotlighting the individuality of each artist's practice, the show provides a deeper understanding on how women artists sought for innovative imagery and form to address the pressing issues of their time. The exhibition shows works, reaching from abstract to figurative, and surrealist to overtly activist.
The exhibition also explores how the concept of 'gender,' limited to masculinity and femininity, perpetuated unequal power relations and biased judgments of women's talent. It seeks to investigate how an artist's gender and nationality contributed to the exclusion of women from the canon of modern art crafted by their male counterparts.
