Tribeca Art Show | Faith Wilding: Inside, Outside, Alive in the Shell

By Patricia Wadsley

Through April 5th, at the Anat Ebgi Gallery in Tribeca, don’t miss a compelling and well-deserved retrospective of the work of Faith Wilding—one of the original west coast eco-feminist artists of the 1970s, a compatriot of Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro.

Faith Wilding, Waiting, 1972. Video, sound. Originally performed for Womanhouse, 1972.

Wilding’s career spans 60 years and she is still producing powerful work centered on the spirit and body of women—pieces in the exhibit range from the 1970s to now. One of the most haunting is her ’70s performance piece, on video and text, called Waiting—a hypnotic chant listing the ways in which women give up their agency.

Faith Wilding, Virginia’s Moth, 2023. Watercolor, colored pencil, and gold leaf on paper, framed x 25 inches / 82.6 x 63.5 cm.

Faith Wilding, born Primavera, Paraguay, 1943. Lives and works in Massachusetts. Faith Wilding: Inside, Outside, Alive in the Shell is currently on view at Anat Ebgi Gallery, 372 Broadway, 646-927-3513, anatebgi.com.