{"id":449744,"date":"2025-02-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=449744"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:38:16","slug":"nmwa-uncanny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/02\/nmwa-uncanny\/","title":{"rendered":"From Remedios Varo to Laurie Simmons, a New Exhibition Forwards a Feminist View of the Uncanny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1969\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Green-tinted woven wood covers the corners and leads to the middle where a woman in an orange cloak made from various wooden objects such as a wagon wheel holds a candle and looks to her right at a man entering into the room from a door. The man is wearing a blue cloak and is also comprised of wooden objects. In his right hand, he holds a white flower. Behind them, a clock hangs on the wall, and in the left corner, a blackbird perches on a chair.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12.jpg 1969w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12-640x780.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12-960x1170.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12-1260x1536.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-12-1680x2048.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1969px) 100vw, 1969px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Remedios Varo, &#8220;Tejido espacio-tiempo (Weaving of Space and Time)&#8221; (1954), oil on Masonite, 32 1\/2 x 28 inches. Photo by Lee Stalsworth. Artwork \u00a9 2023 Remedios Varo\/Artists Rights Society, New York\/VEGAP, Madrid. All images courtesy of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">From Remedios Varo to Laurie Simmons, a New Exhibition Forwards a Feminist View of the Uncanny<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-04T14:00:00-06:00\">February 4, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-history\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/history\/\" rel=\"tag\">History<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><a class=\"category-social-issues\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/social-issues\/\" rel=\"tag\">Social Issues<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"mailto:?subject=From%20Remedios%20Varo%20to%20Laurie%20Simmons%2C%20a%20New%20Exhibition%20Forwards%20a%20Feminist%20View%20of%20the%20Uncanny&#038;body=From%20Remedios%20Varo%20to%20Laurie%20Simmons%2C%20a%20New%20Exhibition%20Forwards%20a%20Feminist%20View%20of%20the%20Uncanny%20&mdash;%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2025%2F02%2Fnmwa-uncanny%2F\" aria-label=\"Email\"  class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\">\n\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M20,4H4C2.895,4,2,4.895,2,6v12c0,1.105,0.895,2,2,2h16c1.105,0,2-0.895,2-2V6C22,4.895,21.105,4,20,4z M20,8.236l-8,4.882 L4,8.236V6h16V8.236z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \">\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"449744\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\" style=\"\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a 1906 essay, psychiatrist Ernst Jentsch coined the term &#8220;uncanny,&#8221; or <em>unheimlich<\/em>, meaning &#8220;unhomely&#8221; or &#8220;not home-like&#8221; in German. He defined the psychological phenomenon as the experience of something new or unknown that might initially be interpreted negatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud popularized the word with the publication of his book <em>The Uncanny<\/em> in 1919, which elaborated on the idea as not just the sensation of the unknown but also something capable of bringing out hidden or repressed elements, going so far as to describe the uncanny as frightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-960x759.jpg\" alt=\"A black-and-white photograph of two dark-skinned young twins sitting in folding chairs against a woodsy background, facing the camera with their bodies angled outward in opposite directions. They wear matching cowgirl outfits, complete with hats, boots, and hobby horses.\" class=\"wp-image-449751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-960x759.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-640x506.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-1536x1215.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-5-2048x1620.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Ellen Mark, &#8220;Tashara and Tanesha Reese, Twins Days Festival, Twinsburg, Ohio&#8221; (1998; printed later), gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches. Photo by Lee Stalsworth. Image \u00a9 Mary Ellen Mark\/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 20th century, the Surrealists often turned to the concept to build a sense of mystery or tension in their works. Meret Oppenheim, for instance, famously created a teacup lined with fur, simply titled &#8220;Object&#8221; (1936), widely regarded as an iconic example of the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oppenheim is one of more than two dozen artists whose work will appear in the National Museum of Women in the Arts\u2019 forthcoming exhibition, <em>Uncanny<\/em>, featuring recent acquisitions and rarely shown pieces in NMWA&#8217;s collection, plus special loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 60 works by renowned figures of modern art history like Louise Bourgeois, <a href=\"\/tags\/remedios-varo\">Remedios Varo<\/a>, and Leonora Carrington will be shown alongside the likes of contemporary artists like Shahzia Sikander, Laurie Simmons, and Gillian Wearing. The large-scale presentation is the first to approach the concept through a feminist lens and is organized around themes of safety and surreal imaginings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show also plumbs the phenomenon of the &#8220;uncanny valley,&#8221; a term coined by robotics engineer Masahiro Mori in 1970 to describe the apprehension or discomfort one feels when confronted with something that is almost human but not quite, like video game characters that appear realistic yet still somehow seem &#8220;off.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1-960x922.jpg\" alt=\"A light-skinned female ventriloquist dummy with straight black hair smiles in the center of a circle of six male dummy dolls with brown and dark hair.\" class=\"wp-image-449745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1-960x922.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1-640x615.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1-768x738.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1-1536x1475.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-1.jpg 1562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laurie Simmons, &#8220;The Music of Regret IV&#8221; (1994), Cibachrome print, 19 1\/2 x 19 1\/2 inches. \u00a9 2019 Laurie Simmons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Laurie Simmons&#8217; &#8220;The Music of Regret IV&#8221; (1994), a female ventriloquist dummy sits in the center of a circle of six male dummy dolls, whose gazes are trained on her as she looked out into the distance. Tapping into a medium that has been used in the horror genre to instill a sense of creepiness or dread, Simmons&#8217; central character is dramatically spotlit, her smile belying the reality that she is unsettlingly hemmed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the theme of safety, or specifically unsafe spaces, Fabiola Jean-Louis&#8217;s elaborately staged photographs tell two stories at once. The artist portrays &#8220;seemingly innocuous portraits of close acquaintances wearing elaborate period costumes typical of upper-class European women, while disturbing images of racial and sexual violence are hidden within the background or details of a dress, reminding the viewer of the lineage of violence,&#8221; says an exhibition statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many works in the show address physical trauma or the body\u2019s relationship to the unknown. Frida Orupabo&#8217;s photographic collages, for example, portray Black figures that evoke colonial histories, critiquing historical violence and injustices through a process of fragmenting, distorting, and multiplying body parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orupabo&#8217;s compositions echo the surrealist collaborative practice of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/c\/cadavre-exquis-exquisite-corpse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cadavre exquis<\/a><\/em>, or exquisite corpse, in which participants add to elements others have drawn without being able to see their work, producing intuitive and peculiar drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-7-960x1440.jpg\" alt=\"A black-and-white artwork features a dark-skinned woman's duplicated head, one facing the viewer straight on and the other upside down. The faces are stylized and abstract, with a textured appearance, set against a plain white background.\" class=\"wp-image-449749\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frida Orupabo, &#8220;Two Heads (detail)&#8221; (2022), framed collage with paper pins, 58 1\/4 x 41 1\/2 inches. \u00a9 Frida Orupabo, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nordenhake Berlin\/Stockholm\/Mexico City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe enigmatic, darkly humorous and psychologically tense artworks in&nbsp;<em>Uncanny<\/em>&nbsp;give form to women artists\u2019 powerful expressions of existential unease,\u201d said NMWA Associate Curator Orin Zahra, who organized the exhibition. She continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Rather than comfort and soothe, these ghostly and fantastical figures haunt the unconscious. Instead of picturesque images, artists offer disquieting spaces that unsettle the viewer. In focusing on the ambiguity between reality and fiction, artists explore increasingly blurred lines between the artificial and eerily human.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Uncanny <\/em>opens February 28 and continues through August 10 in Washington, D.C., highlighting painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, and video made between&nbsp;1954 and 2022. Learn more and plan your visit on the museum&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nmwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-960x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with medium-dark skin tone in historical attire with a large striped gown poses indoors. She wears a powdered wig, and a small white dog sits by her side. A painted background depicts a pastoral scene with a vignette of a violent assault.\" class=\"wp-image-449748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-960x1219.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-640x812.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-1210x1536.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6-1613x2048.jpg 1613w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-6.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fabiola Jean-Louis, &#8220;They&#8217;ll Say We Enjoyed It&#8221; from the series &#8216;Rewriting History&#8217; (2017), archival pigment print, 33 x 26 inches. \u00a9 Fabiola Jean-Louis, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Myrtis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483-960x972.jpg\" alt=\"A highly realistic mask of a light-skinned face with dark brown eyebrows and eyelashes that appears to be sleeping\u2014its eyes and mouth are closed and relaxed. The mask hangs on a white wall.\" class=\"wp-image-449746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483-960x972.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483-640x648.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-2-e1738694046483.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gillian Wearing, &#8220;Sleeping Mask (for Parkett, no. 70)&#8221; (2004), wax reinforced with polymer resin, paint, 8 1\/4 x 5 5\/8 inches. Photo by Lee Stalsworth. Artwork \u00a9 Gillian Wearing\/Artists Rights Society, New York\/DACS, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44-960x831.jpg\" alt=\"In the middle of a mustard yellow canvas is a small painting of a wooden desk and brown chair. On the desk are various small figurines. A floor lamp and small bed are to the right. The bed is covered with pillows and an ornately designed comforter.\" class=\"wp-image-449770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44-960x831.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44-640x554.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44-1536x1329.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-44.jpg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julie Roberts, &#8220;Sigmund Freud Study&#8221; (1998), oil on acrylic ground on cotton duck, 84 x 72 inches. Photo by Lee Stalsworth. Artwork \u00a9 Julie Roberts\/DACS, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-960x1171.jpg\" alt=\"A light-skinned woman wears a realistic mask of another woman with the same skin tone. She sits posed like the Mona Lisa. She has long dark hair and wears a brown dress. The backdrop behind her shows a cityscape with rivers and clouds.\" class=\"wp-image-449750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-960x1171.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-640x781.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-1259x1536.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8-1678x2048.jpg 1678w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-8.jpg 1966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gillian Wearing, &#8220;Me as Mona Lisa&#8221; (2020), chromogenic print, 24 1\/4 x 19 1\/8 inches. \u00a9 Gillian Wearing, courtesy of the artist, Maureen Paley, London, and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York\/Los Angeles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uncanny-9-960x652.jpg\" alt=\"A right side profile of a crane figure that reaches its neck forward and has extended wings. 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