Wave Hill Celebrates Women in Spring Exhibition

From Wave Hill: Women have long been treated―and portrayed―as outcasts, banished to a literal or symbolic wilderness on the fringes of the social order, whether for political, cultural or religious transgressions. Intensified by the current political climate, and marred by economic disparity and geopolitical conflicts, women continue to be marked as outcasts. A public garden and cultural center located in the Bronx, Wave Hill’s spring show acknowledges the continued need for activism and cultural production that builds bonds across lines of identity and difference, informing and empowering individual and collective memory.

What: Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, spring exhibition

When: April 8, 2017–July 9, 2017

Where: Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx

Gallery hours: 10AM – 4:30PM, Tuesday – Sunday

Admission to the grounds: $8 adults, $4 students and senior 65+, $2 children 6-18.
Free Tuesdays and Saturdays until noon. Free to members, children under 6.

The prolific oeuvre of artist Nancy Spero (1926-2009), who took these “outcasts” under her wing by creating a figurative cast of characters to populate her scroll and wall paintings, is the impetus for Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness. A selection of her works on paper will be featured alongside paintings, sculpture, photographs and video by the work of more than a dozen artists born in the 1960s and ‘70s. These include Samira Abbassy, Jaishri Abichandani, Huma Bhabha, Chitra Ganesh, Scherezade Garcia, Mariam Ghani, Kris Grey, Fay Ku, Tracey Moffatt, Zanele Muholi, Marie Watt, Yee I-Lann. The exhibition is organized by guest curators Deborah Frizzell and Harry J. Weil, and by Wave Hill Senior Curator Jennifer McGregor and Curator of Visual Arts Gabriel de Guzman.

For more information about the show, the artists and related programs, visit the Wave Hill Arts page.

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

Hours: Open all year, Tuesday–Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM; Nov 1–Mar 14, closes 4:30PM

Admission to the Grounds: $8 adults, $4 students and senior 65+, $2 children 6-18. Free Tuesdays and Saturdays until noon. Free to members, children under 6.

Directions: Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, the W. 242 Street stop on the #1 subway line, and to and from our free offsite parking lot. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Complete directions and shuttle van schedule at wavehill.org.

Image via Wave Hill: Nancy Spero, La Folie III (detail), 2002. Printed collage on paper, 72 1/2” x 18 1/2”. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York, NY.