Exhibit Opening - "First Look: Recent Acquisitions & Rarely Seen Gems" at MW Gallery

Come visit MW Gallery during regular business hours to see our newest exhibit, “First Look: Recent Acquisitions & Rarely Seen Gems.” We will be opening this exhibit Thursday, April 1st, and will be open from 11 AM to 6 PM that day. Admission is always free and reservations are not required. Please wear a face mask and follow all Covid-19 health guidelines while in MW Gallery. Check out our Covid-19 health guidelines before visiting: http://m-wc.org/covid-19.html

This year marks the 5th anniversary of MW Gallery’s opening! To celebrate this milestone, MW Gallery presents a star-studded exhibit that showcases some of the Mott-Warsh Collection’s latest acquisitions alongside older, but rarely exhibited works from the collection. Included are some of today’s most celebrated contemporary artists, such as, Bisa Butler, Hugh Hayden, Rozeal, Simone Leigh and Amy Sherald, accompanied by groundbreaking mid-career and established artists Renee Cox, Leonardo Drew, Kerry James Marshall, Howardena Pindell, Maren Hassinger, Jack Whitten and more.

MW BLACK BOX GALLERY: “Bearing” by Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry. This multi-piece art installation features iconic portraits of teen mothers and their children, accompanied by audio testimonials from the young women about their journey into motherhood.

Images in cover photo, left to right:
Rozeal (formerly known as iona rozeal brown), “Painful, the appearance of a dime in the cling (after Yoshitoshi’s painful, the appearance of a prostitute of the Kansei era),” 2006, Acrylic, gold and silver leaf on wood, 50” x 38”. Courtesy of Rozeal (formerly known as iona rozeal brown). Image: Pop Mod Photo.

Simone Leigh, Untitled, 2001, Clay, 25” x 23”. © Simone Leigh