What F Word?

Cynthia Broan Gallery will present What F Word?, a group exhibition curated by Carol Cole Levin of female artists representing multiple generations. Works that span 45 years are all somehow connected to an “F” word.

Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Janet Biggs, Phyllis Bramson, Carol Cole, Patricia Cronin, Nancy Davidson, Lesley Dill, Diane Edison, Susan Paul Firestone, Dana Frankfort, Lauren Gibbes, Gina Gibson, Kate Gilmore, Nancy Grossman, Jane Hammond, Rajkamal Kahlon, Robin Kahn, Deborah Kass, Suzanne McClelland, Beverly McIver, Ulrike Muller, Barbara Nessim, Shay Nowick, Brenda Oelbaum, Lesley Patterson-Marx, Elaine Reichek, Beatrice Schall, Rachel Selekman, Lowery Stokes Sims, Anita Steckel, Sabyna Sterrett, Jennifer Viola, and May Wilson.

“Say Something,” a painting of Dana Frankfort implores. Suzanne McClelland mockingly replies in Coming to a Head on how to give a “blow job” in pink and red. Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh ever so subtly suggest females making love in Dalliances. Embroidery and fabric are everywhere, materials long associated with the female. Digital embroidery, right or left brain? Who is right? Who is left? Where is feeling? What represents fact? Jennifer Viola uses an alphabet of sign language to express more than the letter “F.” Sabyna Sterrett in Flood, hand stitches pearls on fabric printed with fish (a Christian symbol of faith) to memorialize the devastating Easter flood in 1979 of the Pearl River that flows through Mississippi, the same river that was dragged for bodies during civil rights trials in the 60's.

Feminist? Fascist? Fear? Flag? Figure? Face? Ferocious? Fanatic? Faith? Future? Family? Food?
Flood? Fire? Fortune? Finance? Fish? Friend? Fame? Free? Fun? Facetious? Fad? Flower? Fancy?

This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Arlene Raven.

There will be a reception on Thursday, February 15, 6 - 9.

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 6.
Monday by appointment.

For further information about the exhibition or the gallery, go to www.cynthiabroan.com or call (212) 760 0809.