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Back to sign in Collection On View Events Learn Learning Resources PreK–12 Educators WashU Faculty WashU Students Colleges/Universities Study Room Visit Scheduling a Tour Galleries and Sculpture Garden Space Rental Art on Campus Support Membership Kemper Circle Director's Circle Planned Giving Donating Art Kemper Corporate Circle Research Resources Provenance Conservation University Libraries Island Press About The Museum Directory Press and News Employment Collection and Advisory Committees Institutional Documents Publications and Editions Submit Search --> On View / Past The Body in Pieces February 16–April 15, 2024 [extended from 4/1]Garen Gallery Overview --> Close selection Overview Installation Tours Related Events prev filter Overview Installation Tours Related Events next filter image Open in Lightbox In her 1994 text The Body in Pieces, art historian Linda Nochlin proposes the fragment as a metaphor for modernity. She argues that artists’ impulse to portray the human body as fractured emerged in the late 19th century from “that sense of social, psychological, even metaphysical fragmentation that so seems to mark modern experience—a loss of wholeness, a shattering of connection, a destruction or disintegration.” Taking inspiration from Nochlin, this exhibition assembles the work of a wide range of artists working during the first half of the 20th century who evoke this phenomenon, including Maya Deren, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Léger, and Joan Miró. Through stylistic experiments in painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, and films, these artists and their peers searched for new ways to signal complex and sometimes fraught experiences of modernity. By the early 20th century, Europe and the United States had experienced rapid modernization and industrialization. An accelerated pace of life led to new bodily experiences of the world and novel ways of depicting the human form. Artworks of this time reflect the sensorial overload of urban life, the sweep of high-speed travel, the repetitive motions of factory machinery, and the violent dismemberment caused by mechanized warfare. By incorporating these machine-like gestures into the act of making, artists yielded unprecedented corporeal representations. This exhibition is divided into sections that explore the varied techniques artists used to render the body in pieces, whether by deconstructing it into geometric shapes, dissolving it into daubs of paint, cropping it into photographic fragments, subjecting it to the destruction of the unconscious mind, or melting it into gestural brushstrokes. The exhibition is curated by Dana Ostrander, assistant curator. The artworks in this exhibition are drawn primarily from the Museum's permanent collection. Installation 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_002 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_003 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_004 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_009 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_011 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_018 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_022 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_024 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. 2024sp_Body-in-Pieces_install_001 Open in Lightbox Installation view of "The Body in Pieces" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis (February 16 – April 15, 2024). Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com. Selected works Portrait of Josep F. Ràfols Open in Lightbox Joan Miró Portrait of Josep F. Ràfols 1917 Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983), Portrait of Josep F. Ràfols, 1917 --> Interior with Couple Open in Lightbox Fernand Léger Interior with Couple 1920 Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), Interior with Couple, 1920 --> Man in the Elevated (Train) Open in Lightbox Joseph Stella Man in the Elevated (Train) 1916 Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946), Man in the Elevated (Train), 1916 --> Les femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers), Variation N Open in Lightbox Pablo Picasso Les femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers), Variation N 1955 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), Les femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers), Variation N, 1955 --> Portrait of Irmgard Steinbart Open in Lightbox Edvard Munch Portrait of Irmgard Steinbart 1913 Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944), Portrait of Irmgard Steinbart, 1913 --> Pierrot with Clarinet Open in Lightbox Jacques Lipchitz Pierrot with Clarinet 1919 Jacques Lipchitz (American, b. Lithuania, 1891–1973), Pierrot with Clarinet, 1919 --> Composition Open in Lightbox Françoise Gilot Composition 1948 Françoise Gilot (French, 1921–2023), Composition, 1948 --> Interior with Pink Nude Open in Lightbox Robert Motherwell Interior with Pink Nude 1951 Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991), Interior with Pink Nude, 1951 --> La détrousse (The Pickpocketing) Open in Lightbox Jean Dubuffet La détrousse (The Pickpocketing) 1962 Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985), La détrousse (The Pickpocketing), 1962 --> Poches aux yeux (Bags under the Eyes) Open in Lightbox Jean Dubuffet Poches aux yeux (Bags under the Eyes) 1959 Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985), Poches aux yeux (Bags under the Eyes), 1959 --> The Menaced House Open in Lightbox Lucebert The Menaced House 1962 Lucebert (Dutch, 1924–1994), The Menaced House, 1962 --> Heads in Space (Abstraction) Open in Lightbox Karel Appel Heads in Space (Abstraction) 1958 Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006), Heads in Space (Abstraction), 1958 --> Amazon Open in Lightbox Stanley William Hayter Amazon 1945 Stanley William Hayter (British, 1901–1988), Amazon, 1945 --> Riders in the Park Open in Lightbox Maurice Prendergast Riders in the Park 1918 Maurice Prendergast (American, 1859–1924), Riders in the Park, 1918 --> Perseus Beheading Medusa, VIII Open in Lightbox André Racz Perseus Beheading Medusa, VIII 1945 André Racz (American, b. Romania, 1916–1994), Perseus Beheading Medusa, VIII, 1945 --> Show all Tours Schedule a tour for your class or group. 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