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Women in Art: Art and Identity

Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Linda Gissen, Simply Semblances of Self

Spanning 100 years, this group exhibition celebrates the work of world-renowned women artists. Since ancient times, women artists have been creating works alongside their male counterparts, yet they have been omitted from the history books. There has been a recent surge in scholarship on women artists, but they still struggle for visibility in the art world.

This show presents thirty works representing a diverse array of media and influences including folk art, painting, photography and sculpture. Artists include Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Mary Cassatt, Hyun Chough, Janet Fish, Linda Gissen,Anna Hyatt Huntington, K

Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Nancy Witt, Sea Poppy, 2000
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