Woman's Work Is Never Done

    BROOKLYN, NY, April 19, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- International group exhibition of women's art opens at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center April 25

WHAT: Women Forward Part 2, an international group exhibition and survey of women's art.
WHO: Included in this inaugural biennial exhibition are renowned Feminist artists Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold, Toshiko Takaezu, and Yoko Ono.
WHEN: Women Forward Part 2 will open at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center on April 25 and be on view through May 31.
WHERE: Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, a stately landmark bank building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY across from the famous Peter Luger steakhouse.
CONTACT: Alexandra Limpert, [email protected], www.alexandralimpert.com, (718) 670-7250

Woman's artwork is never done
International group exhibition opens at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center April 25

Women Forward Part 2, an international group exhibition will open at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center on April 25 and be on view through May 31. Included in this inaugural biennial exhibition are renowned Feminist artists Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold, Toshiko Takaezu, and Yoko Ono. This survey of women's art takes place in a stately landmark bank building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York across from the famous Peter Luger steakhouse.

While Part 1 (March 7 - April 12) of the exhibition featured artists born before 1950, Part 2 exemplifies the work of women born thereafter and includes local Brooklyn artist Alexandra Limpert. The work raises feminist issues and gender awareness in a progressive artistic neighborhood. Although Limpert's processes of metal work and motion are perceived as man-made, Limpert's sculpture rises out of her own ideology as a female artist and mechanical animator. Limpert is a sculptor who works with steel, empty space and electrical components to create figures that explore the boundaries of familiar form. Her life-size figures I and Third Generation refer to states of being. Their open metal structures resemble anatomical charts. "I" is programmed to react to the viewer when triggered by sensor. Its eyes roam and its interior moves giving it a living presence. "Third Generation" is a still figure in a state of transition. Also on view is a group of small abstract steel figures.

Limpert shows her work both locally and internationally. Her work will be featured at the new C.C.C.P. gallery from April 3 - April 26 which is also located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Limpert's work can also be seen at Mine Metal Art, Williamsburg, New York, and Pamela Williams Gallery in Amagansett, New York or can be viewed at her studio by appointment and at www.alexandralimpert.com.

Alexandra Limpert will be featured in the following upcoming exhibitions:
• Summer Sculpture Show, Art101 Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY from June 19 - July 12.
• Dilemma, Holland Tunnel Paroika Paros, Greece from July 17 - August 28.
• The Future Figure, Part I Gallery Shoshinkan, Japan from July 9 - July 18.
• The Future Figure, Part II, Figureworks, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY November 6 - December 20.

Reviews for Women Forward:

Female Artists on Display in "Women Forward," Greg Hanlon, Willliamsburg Courier, March 2009.

Lucid Culture: http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/art-review-the-2009-williamsburg-art-historical-society-group-show-part-1/

At the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, "Women Forward, a terrific exhibition of Women artists...will explore the importance of female artists in contemporary society" Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, March 7, 2009

"As this show proves, Brooklyn is at the forefront of recognizing not only the enormous contribution women have made to the visual arts - but also the obstacles and hardships that women have had to overcome to get their due in the male dominated art world." Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President, March 7, 2009

Contact:
Alexandra Limpert
(718) 670-7250
[email protected]
www.alexandralimpert.com

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