13 Women: Variation III
April 25, 2023 – May 21, 2023
13 Women marks the museum’s 60th anniversary, paying homage to the thirteen women who founded the Balboa Pavilion Gallery, the earliest iteration of OCMA, which opened in 1962. On view in The Muzzy Family Special Exhibitions Pavilion, 13 Women is curated by Heidi Zuckerman and presented with multiple rotations over the course of almost a full year. The exhibition presents work from the 1950s to the present by artists central to the museum’s collection. Each rotation is centered on the work of a group of pioneering female artists, each of whom share the visionary qualities of the museum’s founders. The exhibition is punctuated by a new site-specific painting by Sarah Cain in The Avenue of the Arts Gallery.
Artists on view:
Sarah Cain, Tony Feher, Peter Fischli, Samara Golden, Jack Goldstein, Philip Guston, Barbara Hammer, Luchita Hurtado, Chantal Joffe, Sarah Jones, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Colette Lumiere, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter, Zanele Muholi, Rosa Navarro, Shirin Neshat, Louise Nevelson, Kristin Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, Mindy Shapero, Peter Shelton, Lorna Simpson, Robert Therrien, Hank Willis Thomas, Fred Tomaselli, Mary Weatherford, Carrie Mae Weems, Nicole Wermers
13 Women is organized by Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and Director, with Ziying Duan, Assistant Curator, Amanda Seadler, Collections and Exhibitions Director, and with support from the entire OCMA staff.
The exhibition is made possible by Lead Sponsor Bank of America
