ARTISTS
Online: Touch
CHICAGO 鈥� Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present 鈥淭OUCH, A Virtual Exhibition鈥� with work by 180 artists from the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland and Switzerland.
Inspired by the current pandemic, this exhibition looks at something that many of us have had to completely do without: TOUCH. Most of the world is under order to shelter in place, practice social distancing, stay 6 feet away from each other. This is particularly punishing given that the tactile is such an integral part of the way we develop human relationships. In fact, our use of the word 鈥渢ouch鈥� in English has long referred to how we stay connected鈥揺ven from a distance.
In curating the 430 entries, Gina Lee Robbins looked for very specific personal responses to the theme. She began to see touch as its own complex language. Robbins selected works that convey the myriad ways we use touch to communicate with ourselves, others and the world around us, and how we respond emotionally to its presence or absence. Among these are representations of comfort, healing, tenderness, love, control, pain, fear, grief and loss.
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CHICAGO 鈥� Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present 鈥淭OUCH, A Virtual Exhibition鈥� with work by 180 artists from the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland and Switzerland.
Inspired by the current pandemic, this exhibition looks at something that many of us have had to completely do without: TOUCH. Most of the world is under order to shelter in place, practice social distancing, stay 6 feet away from each other. This is particularly punishing given that the tactile is such an integral part of the way we develop human relationships. In fact, our use of the word 鈥渢ouch鈥� in English has long referred to how we stay connected鈥揺ven from a distance.
In curating the 430 entries, Gina Lee Robbins looked for very specific personal responses to the theme. She began to see touch as its own complex language. Robbins selected works that convey the myriad ways we use touch to communicate with ourselves, others and the world around us, and how we respond emotionally to its presence or absence. Among these are representations of comfort, healing, tenderness, love, control, pain, fear, grief and loss.
Artists on show
- Alexandra Buxbaum
- Ali Headley
- Alicia Dawn Criswell
- Alison Erazmus
- Alison Hixon
- Ally Emrich
- Alma Shoaf
- Alyssa Vignone
- Andrea Cook
- Angela Amias
- Angela L. Chostner
- Angela LaMonte
- Angela Rebrec
- Ann Quinn
- Anna Brooke Greene
- Anoush Bargamian
- Ara Lucia
- Autumn Guntor
- Barbara Krantz
- Bethan McFadden
- Betsy Marsch
- Bettina Gellinek Turner
- Betty Jane Lau
- Bhagya Ajaikumar
- Bobbye Cochran
- Bouritsa Dimitra
- Capri Landi
- Caren Helene Rudman
- Carol Estes
- Carol Shikany
- Carol Van Alstine
- Carolina Velez Muniz
- Carrie Cooper
- Casey Lowry
- Charuka Arora
- Cherry Rahn
- Cheryl Ann Thomas
- Christine LaValley
- Claire Marcus
- Dea Fischer
- Deborah Crandell
- Deborah Emerson
- Diane Ponder
- Donna Goode
- Dorothy Simpson Krause
- Elaine Luther
- Ellie Hueneke
- Erin O'Neill
- Felicia Grant Preston
- Fiona Lee
- Fran Bull
- Fran Sampson
- Gill Gatfield
- Gina Lee Robbins
- Greta Olson
- Gwladys Le Roy
- Gwynneth VanLaven
- Hanna M. Owens
- Hannah Jo Malaczynski
- Heather Olker
- Heather Ryan Kelley
- Heather Sepanik
- Helen Geglio
- Hyunhee Doh
- Indrani Nayar-Gall
- Irena Lawruszko
- Janice Elkins
- Jeanette Green
- Jennifer Lindemer
- Jennifer Mannebach
- Jennifer Weigel
- Jenny Belin
- Jenny Chernansky
- Jenny Halpern
- Johanna Sarah Schlenk
- Judy Nemer Sklar
- Juliane von Kunhardt
- Julie Black
- Julie Waltz-Stalker
- K. Johnson Bowles
- Kai Nemra
- Karen Gubitz
- Katherine O鈥橳ruk
- Kathleen Marie Garness
- Kathy Blankley Roman
- Katie Haseeb
- Katie Vota
- Kelly Boehmer
- Kelly Devitt
- Kelly Harrington
- Kelsey Ann Horn
- Kim Laurel
- Kimi Kuniyoshi
- Kristin Cass
- Kristjana S Williams
- Laurel Pierce
- Lauren Flaaen
- Lauren Peterson
- Laurie Elizabeth Talbot Hall
- Laurie Lebreton
- Lea Goldman
- Leah Golberstein
- Liala Amin
- Linda Williams McCune
- Lisa Marie Barber
- Lisa Wicka
- Louise Noakes
- Luisa Otero Prada
- Lynn Merel
- Maha Alasaker
- Mahlot Sansosa
- Malika Jackson
- Marilyn Hrymak
- Marit Block
- Marlene Trauth
- Mary Jo Parker O鈥橦earn
- Marybeth Ward
- Maureen May
- Melanie Deal
- Melissa Wang
- Mia Risberg
- Michele Silvetti-Schmitt
- Milana Reedus
- Millie Rose Guy
- Muriel Hansen
- Nancy Ciesiel
- Natalie Walser
- Nelly Sanchez
- Ngozi Akande
- Nicole Chaput
- Nicole Denton
- Nikki Renee Anderson
- Nina Urlichs
- Olivia Chapman
- Patricia Panopoulos
- Patricia Stewart
- Paula Schiller
- Payton Spinosa
- PJ Desrochers
- Rachael Marie Demeo
- Rachael Zur
- Rae Clatch
- Rebecca Casement
- Rebecca Hamlin Green
- Rebecca Potts
- Red Sagalow
- Renee Couture
- Roberta Malkin
- Rosemary Meza-DesPlas
- Sabrina Lee
- Sally Brown Deskins
- Sarah Freeland
- Sarah Genematas
- Sarah Kaiser-Amaral
- Sève Favre
- Shelly Bond
- Sofia Wehrle
- SP Estes
- Stacy Frett
- Star Trauth
- Steff Korsage
- Stephanie Krellwitz
- Sumire Taniai
- Susan Etcoff Fraerman
- Susan Lehman
- Susan Lenz
- Susanne Swanson-Bernard
- Suzanne Forbes
- Tara Booth
- Theodora Pavlou
- Tonia Hughes
- Tonya Patrick
- Valerie Alsbrook
- Vatsala Menon
- Venise Keys
- Victoria Fuller
- Wendy Peer
- Xanthe Miller
- Yvette Cummings
- Zana Marino
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