Inside Out Loud
January 21 - April 24, 2005
This is the first significant survey of contemporary American art to explore critical issues related to women's health. Inside Out Loud consists of fifty-one artworks on loan from across the country by thirty artists in a range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, digital, and performance art. It features established artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Tony Oursler, and Cindy Sherman, as well as younger talents Nina Katchadourian, Victoria Vesna, and others.
In the past twenty-five years, the subject of women's health has gained recognition across a spectrum of American culture. The term "women's health" officially entered the Index Medicus in 1991, the same year that the Office on Women's Health became an official branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Curated by Janine Mileaf, Swarthmore College, Inside Out Loud explores the parallel rise in the representation of women's health in the sphere of visual art, addressing such topics as breast cancer, AIDS, reproductive rights and technology, beauty, and aging.
Inside Out Loud Community Programming Information
In conjunction with Inside Out Loud, organizations throughout St. Louis from the arts, academic, medical, and health communities have come together to present three months of programming to encourage discussion on the topics of women's health. Just as the exhibition bridges social, political, and visual fields, the community programs will present a range of creative, educational, and intellectual perspectives, including performances, lectures, workshops, classes, and other art exhibitions. Programming took place both on the campus of Washington University and throughout the St. Louis metro region from January-April 2005.
Funding Acknowledgement
Major funding for the Inside Out Loud exhibition was provided by Helen Kornblum and the Friends of IOL. Additional funding was provided by Elizabeth A. Sackler Museum Educational Trust; Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation; Siteman Cancer Center; Sonnenschein, Nath, and Rosenthal LLP; Missouri Arts Council; Regional Arts Commission; Arts and Education Council; Washington University's School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine, and Academic Women's Network; Hortense Lewin Art Fund; and individual contributors to the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
Barbara Kruger and Visual AIDS,
Untitled (girl don't die for love), 1992.
Off-set lithograph, 11 x 8 1/2. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Gift of Visual AIDS, 2004. © Barbara Kruger, courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery, New York.
Zoe Leonard, Beauty Calibrator, Museum of Beauty , Hollywood, 1993. Gelatin silver print, 33 x 17. Collection of Peter Norton, Santa Monica. Photo courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
Kerry James Marshall, Beauty Examined, 1993. Acrylic and collage on canvas, 84 x 98". Collection of Charles and Nancy Sims, Los Angeles.
Jeanne Dunning, The Blob 1, 1999. Ilfochrome mounted to plexiglass and frame, edition of 5, 52 x 37 1/4". Courtesy of the artist and Feigen Contemporary, New York. Photo courtesy of Feigen Contemporary.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled (# 353), 2000. Cibachrome print, 4/6, 36 x 24". The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica . Photo courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York .
