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WORLD-CLASS ART VITAL SIGNS:

ARTISTS AND THE BODY

MoMA presents Vital Signs: Artists and the Body, a major
exhibition exploring the intersection of abstraction and the
human form. Featuring over 100 works by approximately 65
artists, many of whom are women or gender-expansive, the
exhibition examines how artists have used representations of
the body to challenge social constructs of gender, race, and
identity. Spanning the 20th century to today, the exhibition
highlights both celebrated and newly acquired works from
MoMA’s collection. Artists such as Claude Cahun, Adrian
Piper, Frida Kahlo, and Lorna Simpson explore themes of self-
perception, transformation, and the materiality of the body,
while others, including Bhupen Khakhar, Belkis Ayón, and Ted
Joans, imagine new relationships between the individual and
the collective. Leadership support for the exhibition is provided Rosemary Mayer. Galla Placidia, 1973. Satin, rayon, nylon, cheesecloth, nylon
by the Jon Stryker Endowment and the Wallis Annenberg netting, ribbon, dyes, wood, and acrylic paint. 8' 2" × 6' 6" × 7' (248.9 × 198.1
× 213.4 cm). Gift of Alice and Tom Tisch and Committee on Painting and
Director’s Fund, alongside contributions from MoMA’s Annual
Sculpture Funds. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2024 Courtesy of
Exhibition Fund. the Estate of Rosemary Mayer. Digital image © 2024 The Museum of Modern
Art, New York, photo by Jonathan Muzikar

Installation view of Vital Signs: Artists and the Body, on view at The Museum
of Modern Art, New York from November 3, 2024, through February 22, 2025.
Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

Margo Humphrey. The History of Her Life Written Across Her Face. 1991.
Lithograph with copper leaf and collage additions, composition (irreg.): 29
15/16 × 29 5/8 in. (76 × 75.3 cm); sheet: 32 5/16 × 29 5/8 in. (82 × 75.3
cm). Publisher and printer: Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, New
Brunswick, New Jersey. Edition: 30. Purchase. The Museum of Modern Art,
New York. © 2024 The Margo Humphrey Trust. Digital image © 2024 The
Museum of Modern Art, New York, photo by Robert Gerhardt.

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