Women at War Opening

FIG's newest exhibit is Women at War, currently at the Grossmont College Hyde Gallery through April 23. The gallery is open from 10-6 Monday through Thursday. The theme of the exhibit is a look at how women deal with conflict.

“`War’ is a metaphor for our battles and everyone has a different take on their own personal wars,” said Hyde Art Gallery Director Prudence Horne, who curated the show. “Some people are at war with themselves, some people are at war with the way women are treated, some people are at war with society. This is a personal response to the conflicts we call war."

More than two dozen pieces from 22 professional female artists are on display, from ceramics and quilts to paintings and installation pieces.

Below are some photos from the opening itself.

In the background is Jeanne Dunn's Where Can They Go, with Terrilyn's Out of Circulation to the right and Jennifer Anne Bennett's Indy 500 - For Simona.

Here is a shot of Dunn's piece...

And here is a closeup of Terrilyn's piece.

Bennett's Indy 500 is on the left with Hill&Stump's Battle at Dawn and Battle at Dusk to the right.

This is a wider view of the larger room, with Linda Litteral's ceramics pieces, titled My House, in the foreground and Terri Hughes-Oelrich's large piece Home, A Participatory Project in the background.

One of Litteral's pieces is in front of Cindy Zimmerman's series on Joan of Arc, Joan's Voices.

Here's another view of that section...

And a detail of one of Zimmerman's pieces...

Nilly Gill, FIG artist, is seen here discussing her three paintings with a gallery visitor.

Here the paintings are, from left to right: Kutno-Dreamscape, Not-A-Movie, and Once Upon a Time and Now.

This area shows Kathy Miller's Girded on the left, then Split Infinitives just to the right of it, Kim Niehans' Thursday Man and Jindaiko (War Drum) on the wall to the right, and Stephanie Bedwell's sculpture Internal Struggle on the pedestal to the right.

Here is another view of Bedwell's piece, with Lauren Carrera's Women in the Crosshairs: Collateral Damage, An Offering on the wall to the left.

Here is another shot of Carrera's piece on the wall...

Here is a closeup of Miller's two pieces...

And Niehans' work nearby.

Bhavna Mehta's piece Scarlett Tide hung away from the wall so you could see the shadows behind...

Shown here...

Here is another view of Hughes-Oelrich's piece with one of Litteral's ceramic sculptures to the right...

And some detail shots of the the tags hanging off Home...

Another detail...

On the wall is Daphne Hill's Parasitic Twins on the left and Ginger Rosser's Don't Be a Pin-Up Girl on the right, with Litteral's sculptures in front.

Here's a closeup of Rosser's piece...

On the left is Irene Abraham's piece Memory, with Hill's piece to the right and Litteral's piece in front.

Here is a closeup of Abraham's piece...

This is a view of Zimmerman's pieces with Lynn Susholtz's piece Fortunes of War/SmartBomb in the back corner.

Susholtz's piece is shown here close up.

Here is Susholtz's other piece Looting Series (Untitled Kouros) to the right of Fortunes of War with one of Litteral's pieces in front.

Below is Therese Rossi's Untitled.

With other art in the background, here is Pasha Turley's It Was a Slow Escape.

Lisa Hutton's drawings of lingerie billboards on war landscapes hung together. Here are Roadside Bombshells 1, 2, and 3.

Here is Anna Stump's Weapons.

Here are Moya Devine's pieces Gladiatress and Poison Apple...

And Devine's Epiphany...

Here's a closeup of one of Litteral's pieces...

Here is Dunn's work in the background with Kathy Nida's Absolutely Nothing on the far right.

It's an impressively varied show and definitely needs a visit in person. Find some time this month to stop by and see our work. 

Thanks to Gary Miller, Moya Devine, and Kathy Nida for providing photographs for this post.