Beyond the Object: Women Working in Abstraction November 16, 2024-October 26, 2025

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Sue Hettmansperger, Nine Eleven, 2001-2002, oil on linen, 48 x 42 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 2011.052.
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Therese Murdza, She Whispered Again, 3 and 20 Love Letters, 2013, mixed media, 24 x 24 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, Bertha Cowles Quarton Fund, 2014.017.
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Lee Bontecou, Tenth Stone, 1968, lithograph on paper, 41 1/8 x 27 15/16 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, 2002.015.
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Mary Zeran, Breathe Through This #1, #2, #3, 2011, acrylic and duralar on cradled panel, 12 x 12 inches each, Museum Purchase, 2011.087.1.

Beyond the Object: Women in Abstraction

November 16, 2024 – October 26, 2025

 

Despite their work often being overlooked, women artists developed and worked in abstraction alongside their male counterparts for many decades.  In recent years, their contributions have been re-evaluated and these artists have been viewed with a new lens.  This exhibition seeks to highlight women in the CRMA collection working in abstraction.  Their approaches to abstraction vary; some slightly abstract their subject matter, while others move completely away from any recognizable object.  Each of their abstractions operates on a unique emotional and intellectual level.