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In the Now unites nearly fifty women artists who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself. The first museum survey of photography-based works by women artists born or based in Europe, this exhibition interrogates the continent鈥檚 legacies of nationalism and patriarchal power structures鈥攚hich continue to shape everyday life, particularly for women. 

In the Now highlights the expansive nature of the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at the Brooklyn Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Made entirely after 2000, the exhibition鈥檚 more than seventy artworks offer a window into the first decades of the twenty-first century. In the section titled 鈥淕ender,鈥� photographers such as Bettina von Zwehl and Elina Brotherus contend with (mis)representations of women鈥檚 bodies and experiences, bucking against oppressive beauty standards and the male gaze. 鈥淣ation鈥� unpacks the promises鈥攁nd realities鈥攐f contemporary Europe and the ongoing fallout of European nationalism and colonialism. The controlled explosion in Sarah Pickering鈥檚 Landmine (2005), for example, underscores the relative peace in England as British troops supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And in 鈥淧hotography,鈥� women artists upend this male-dominated medium with experimental approaches鈥攁s in Shirana Shahbazi鈥檚 Farsh-13-2006 (2006), a Vermeer-inspired photographic portrait translated onto a carpet hand-knotted in her native Iran. Together the works defy outdated definitions of a woman, an artist, a nation, and a photograph.