1250 New York Ave, NW. “Katharina Cibulka, SOLANGE #27 (installation view, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.), 2022; Mesh scaffolding net, tulle, and cable ties, 82 x 82 ft. (25 x 25 meters); © 2022 Katharina Cibulka; Photo by Kevin Allen”
From an email:
“Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka was commissioned to create a monumental site-specific public artwork for DC — her first in the US and her largest to date. Reflecting local submissions, the artist created a work that addressed the continual generational nature of struggle for feminist and human rights: AS LONG AS GENERATIONS CHANGE BUT OUR STRUGGLES STAY THE SAME, I WILL BE A FEMINIST. A pointedly feminist statement in the center of the nation’s capital is timely on many levels — from the repeal of Roe in the US to the largely female-led uprising in Iran.
The work will be on view through Feb 2023.
At 82 x 82 feet, the installation covers the entire north façade of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Cibulka’s ongoing acclaimed “SOLANGE” (German for “as long as”) series addresses gender-based inequity and social power structures; with now over 27 works across the world, the series uses bright pink tulle to cross-stitches poetic and witty declarations on the white mesh fabric that covers construction scaffolding.”
Ed. Note: you can learn more about the temporarily closed National Museum of Women in the Arts’ renovation plans here.