![]() Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick is on view at Virginia MOCA through June 11. Her work is intentionally unsentimental and ambiguous. Walker conducts extensive research in history, literature, art history, and popular culture. Some highlights of the exhibition are the complete Emancipation Approximation series and images from the Porgy & Bess series. At Virginia MOCA, Cut to the Quick will be guest curated by Rouse with Virginia MOCA Senior Curator Heather Hakimzadeh. In addition to her curatorial responsibilities, Rouse composed original poems inspired by Walker’s works, which live inside the exhibition. ![]() This exhibition originated at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN, and was co-curated by former Frist Art Museum executive director and CEO Dr. Her powerful and provocative images employ contradictions to critique the painful legacies of slavery, sexism, violence, imperialism, and other power structures, including those in the history and hierarchies of art and contemporary culture. 1969) works in a range of mediums, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, film, and the large-scale silhouette cutouts for which she is perhaps most recognized. A leading artist of her generation, Kara Walker (b. Schnitzer and the Schnitzer Family Foundation. “This opportunity at Virginia MOCA combines two things that I’m interested in supporting creative thinking and self-expression and making sure that artists have vibrant places to display their art and for the public to experience it.Virginia MOCA presents Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick, a solo survey exhibition featuring more than 80 works by Walker from the collections of Jordan D. “A museum outside of a cultural center, even just 40 miles outside, can play a really important role in bringing art to the suburbs and fostering those connections and conversations that are inherent in experiencing art,” Ryan said. She added that Virginia MOCA is similar to the Katonah Museum, in that both are non-collecting institutions. Having spent the past 20 years in the New York area, she has witnessed Virginia MOCA grow into “a remarkable regional institution that has dedicated itself to bringing art of the highest quality to the broader area of Hampton Roads.” Ryan grew up in the neighboring town of Norfolk, where the area’s creative community “engendered in me a lifelong love of culture and the arts,” she said. She has a vision that is thoughtful in the sense that she’s not just thinking about today or tomorrow but years out.” She has a great wealth of experience not just in the museum world. Gary was the frontrunner from the beginning. “We were looking for the next executive director to continue the work Debi had started. “The museum has seen a great evolution over the last five years,” Virginia MOCA board chair Andrew Hodge told ARTnews. ![]() The museum has slowly gained a national reputation for staging well-regarded exhibitions, including solo outings by Inka Essenhigh in 2018 and Mickalene Thomas in 2017, and the 2017 group exhibitions “ Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art,” and “ Southern Routes,” which featured work by photographers from throughout the American South. Under Gray’s tenure, Virginia MOCA received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2010 and rebranded its identity the following year. Part down-to-earth ethos, part exceptional art of national resonance. Between 19, Ryan held various positions at Time, Inc. Virginia MOCA is a contemporary art museum located down the road from Virginia Beach. ![]() ![]() Prior to joining the Katonah Museum, she founded Palermo Strategy, a fundraising consulting firm, and worked in development positions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has been the museum’s development director since January, and served as its interim co-executive director between February and July. Ryan has worked at the Katonah Museum of Art in Upstate New York, about an hour north of Manhattan, since 2016. ![]()
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