In case you missed it: Making Their Mark at the Kemper Art Museum
September 12, 2025 – January 5, 2026
By happenstance we wandered into Kemper Art Museum on September 13th. Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection, was a striking survey of artists we already loved, and an introduction to others we were happy to meet. This was an international and intergenerational exhibition organized by Shah Garg Foundation of more than eighty two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art. The following is not an exhaustive presentation, it is what personally resonated, namely the paintings and mixed media, but also a selection of sculptural and textile pieces. [1]
For a more complete understanding of this recent multifaceted contemporary exhibition, please visit the Kemper Art Museum website. All photographs presented here were taken by Abril Warner.
For Philadelphia Three, Pat Steir (b. 1940, USA), oil, 2013
Alquimia Plata 6(B), Olga de Amaral (b. 1932, Colombia), mixed media,1995
Alquimia Plata 6(B), Olga de Amaral (b. 1932, Colombia), mixed media,1995
drip, drip drip, Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972, Kenya), mixed media, 2017
The Body and the Gold Breast, Pinaree Sanpitak (b. 1961, Thailand), acrylic & gold leaf, 2021
For Amethyste and Athenaire (Exiled Muses Beyond Jean Luc Nancy’s Canon) Firelei Baez (b. 1980, Dominican Republic), oil, 2018
Sisters, Tschabalala Self (b. 1990, USA), mixed media, 2021
A Judgement on Paris, Kara Walker (b. 1969, USA), Gansai watercolor on cut paper, 2024
Arterias (serie tela-corpo), Sonia Gomes (b. 1949, Brazil), mixed media, 2022
The Three Rivers, Melissa Cody (b. 1983, USA), wool & aniline dye, 2021
Stick, Simone Leigh (b. 1967, USA), bronze, 2019
Window of the Wedding (both #3: Woman & #4: Man), Faith Ringgold (b. 1930 – 2024, USA), acrylic with fabric border, 1974
Untitled, Joan Mitchell (b.1925 – 1992, USA), oil, 1992
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