Woman in the 21st Century: Margaret Fuller and the Sacred Marriage

Woman in the 21st Century:
Margaret Fuller and the Sacred Marriage

What does the female prototype of the 21st century look like? What are her characteristics? How will we recognize her presence in our lives?

Curator: Lisa Paul Streitfeld

May 23rd – June 20th, 2010
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 23rd, 6pm

Pierre Menard Gallery is pleased to announce Woman in the 21st Century: Margaret Fuller and the Sacred Marriage, a groundbreaking multimedia group exhibition held in conjunction with the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial. The exhibition 

The exhibition runs May 23rd – June 20th with a reception and celebration of Fuller’s 200th birthday on Sunday, May 23, at 6:00 pm, including a Mask Tale Performance by Suzanne Benton.

Woman in the 21st Century: Margaret Fuller and the Sacred Marriage seeks to answer these questions as it explores the coding and iconography surrounding the re-emergence of the “sacred marriage” (hieros gamos) archetype foreseen by Margaret Fuller in Woman in the Nineteenth Century. “This exhibition is a culmination of a decade spent chronicling a new movement,” says curator Lisa Paul Streitfeld, a former newspaper critic. “I want to share with the public my surprise and delight of Margaret Fuller’s genius in placing the “sacred marriage” archetype into the American canon. She broke through the barriers of time in order to make an empowering mythology real for humanity.”

Fuller’s trademarked “Conversations” will be revived in the gallery as a method of chronicling the historicity and living presence of this 21st century icon.

“Conversations” with Curator Lisa Paul Streitfeld:
Saturday, June 05, 4pm, Kate Millett: The Sacred Marriage in the American Canon
Saturday, June 19, 4pm, Aldo Tambellini: The Sacred Marriage in the 21st Century

Closing Event:

Sunday, June 20, 2pm, Collaborative Performance Painting by Michael Manning and Mark Wiener broadcasted live on YouStream.com

Sacred Geometry by Tanya Ragir 

The exhibition will include 32 artists covering a full range of media: Carl Apfelschnitt, Josef Astor, Vincent Baldassano, Suzanne Benton, Dianne Bowen, Dove Bradshaw, Laurel Jay Carpenter, Walter M. Crump, Linda DiGusta, Rikki Ducornet, Harlan Emil Gruber, Heide Hatry, Selma Karaca, Renee Kahn, Marni Kotak, Yuliya Lanina, Michael Manning, Kate Millett, Richard Move, Francine Hunter McGivern, Aaron Olshan, Tanya Ragir, Grace Roselli, Daniel Rothbart, Carolee Schneemann, Nancy Spero, Tatyana Stepanova, Aldo Tambellini, Marina Tsesarskaya, May Wilson, Martha Wilson and Mark Wiener.

Pierre Menard Gallery

10 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

617-868-2033

pierre@pierremenardgallery

http://www.pierremenardgallery.com

Gallery Director: John Wronoski

 

 

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