{"id":37033,"date":"2024-12-20T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=37033"},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T16:31:19","slug":"a-fountain-of-forms-the-rise-of-the-american-woman-sculptor-1910-1929","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/exhibitions\/a-fountain-of-forms-the-rise-of-the-american-woman-sculptor-1910-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fountain of Forms: The Rise of the American Woman Sculptor, 1910\u20131929"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A Fountain of Forms: The Rise of the American Woman Sculptor, 1910\u20131929<\/em> showcases remarkable depictions of the female body by women artists, highlighting their subversion of gender and sexuality conventions. Despite societal constraints, artists like Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, Malvina Hoffman, and Janet Scudder\u2014who were queer women\u2014used their focus on the nude human figure to assert their individuality and autonomy in an age of increasing, rapid mechanization and patriarchal control. The exhibition, drawn from The Westmoreland\u2019s exceptional sculpture collection, celebrates the transformative gift from Dr. Michael L. Nieland in 2015. This exhibition reflects his lifelong dedication to figurative sculpture and the museum\u2019s rich history of statuary.<br><br>Generously supported by <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-1920x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37087\" style=\"width:355px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-1920x384.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-768x154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-1536x307.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/OOW_Logo_2-2048x410.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional support provided by Sebastian Mueller Charitable Fund of the Eden Hall Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fountain of Forms: The Rise of the American Woman Sculptor, 1910\u20131929 showcases remarkable depictions of the female body by women artists, highlighting their subversion of gender and sexuality conventions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37107,"template":"","exhibition-tag":[673],"class_list":["post-37033","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","exhibition-tag-673"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/37033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition-tag?post=37033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}