Winged Woman: The Art of Arlene Love and Contemporary Parallels

Winged Woman: The Art of Arlene Love and Contemporary Parallels
March 2 - April 15, 2018
@ The Painted Bride, 230 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Artist Reception: Friday, March 2, 5-7 PM

Featuring: Arlene Love, KEEBS (Makeba Rainey), Lauren Rinaldi, Maria Moller, Phyllis Gorsen, Shaina Craft

Winged Woman revolves around the artwork of Arlene Love, a pioneering feminist artist whose career spans several decades. Throughout the stages of her career, Love has worked with a wide variety of media, including sculpture, drawing, photography, and public art. Thematically, she was often engaged with the nature of the human condition, and as her own role as a woman in society. Her life and work serve as a precedent for young artists and activists today. This exhibition pairs her work with the work of a new generation of women artists, currently working within the same media and thematic range as Love. The exhibition seeks to view Love’s work in a contemporary context, and examine the parallels of the political climate of the 1970’s and 2018. The exhibition will be activated by engaging programming, including an artist talk (March 23rd) with Arlene Love. Winged Woman seeks to establish a connection between the generations in order to build upon a worthy legacy, and inform and empower contemporary women artists.