Petah Coyne featured in THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, NMWA
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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, the inaugural group exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, after a two-year building closure, features works by Petah Coyne and 12 other contemporary artists. Coyne's Untitled #1458 (Marguerite Duras), Untitled #1273, and Untitled #1563, are on display in this celebration of sculptural scale and materiality.
In an interview with Cultured Magazine, Petah Coyne discussed her artwork Untitled #1458 (Marguerite Duras) (image 2-3), “I was told by a very special Canadian curator that the women in French Canada use Duras’s name as a verb when they wish to encourage one another to be strong and tough enough to get through difficult situations. I loved this idea almost as much as I loved her writing. Knowing her strength and the verb “duras” has helped me through the pandemic and many other difficult times.”
Read full interview on Cultured Magazine: https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/10/23/female-sculpture-national-womens-museum
More information for "The Sky's the Limit": https://nmwa.org/exhibitions/the-skys-the-limit/