Nerve: The Female Body in Women’s Art
February 6-26, 2020
Wilder, 701 Taylor St., Nashville, TN
Nerve is the first installment in the Adult Contemporary series of art exhibitions curated by Laura Hutson Hunter and co-presented by Wilder and the Nashville Scene.
Nerve artists are: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Elizabeth Glaessner, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Ceres Moberg, Skye Parrott, Karen Seapker, Jenna Westra, and WIFE. As part of this exhibit, Lucy made a limited run of prints of her painting “Morning Prayer” available.
The exhibition included interviews with three of the Nerve artists about their work — New York-based photographer Jenna Westra, Nashville-based painter Shannon Cartier Lucy, and Kristen Leahy of the L.A.-based performance trio WIFE.
Installation photography by Daniel Meigs.
Karen Seapker, “Rooted Major” (detail), 2020. 60-by-48 inches Oil on canvas
Elizabeth Glaessner, “Flame,” 2019. 19.5-by-25 inches Ink and gouache on paper
Elizabeth Glaessner, “A Worm’s Eye View,” 2019. 12-by-16 inches Gouache on paper
Elizabeth Glaessner, “Pond Gazing With Pony," 2019. 9-by-12 inches Ink on paper
Elizabeth Glaessner, “Pond Gazing,” 2019. 9-by-12 inches Gouache on paper
Jenna Westra, “Lemon View Through Water Glass (Multichrome),” 2020. 19-by-23.25 inches Archival pigment print
Jenna Westra, “Lemon View Through Water Glass (Monochrome),” 2020. 19-by-23.25 inches Silver gelatin print
Jenna Westra, “Tableaux Vivant,” 2020. 24-by-29 inches Archival pigment print
Jenna Westra, “Reclining Hair Pull With Eye," 2020. 19-by-23.25 inches Silver gelatin print
Ceres Moberg, “Laughing in the Darkness,” 2020. 9-by-12 inches Graphite on paper
Ceres Moberg, “Do You See Me Now?” 2019. 9-by-12 inches Graphite on paper
Shannon Cartier Lucy, “Morning Prayer,” 2019. 19-by-22 inches Oil on canvas
Skye Parrott, “Tali (II), New York City,” 2007. 30-by-40 inches Gelatin Silver Print
Skye Parrott, “Domino, Brooklyn,” 2013. 30-by-40 inches Digital c-Print
Skye Parrott, “Tali, New York City,” 2007. 30-by-40 inches Gelatin Silver Print
Skye Parrott, “Myla, Miami," 2016. 30-by-40 inches Digital c-Print
WIFE, Still From “The Grey Ones,” 2016. Video of performance piece
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, "Shared All the Tears," 2019.
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons’ work is courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. Elizabeth Glaessner’s work appears courtesy P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York. Karen Seapker’s work appears courtesy of Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville. Shannon Cartier Lucy and Jenna Westra’s work appears courtesy of the artists and Lubov, New York.