Chapeau!: WINDOW, 91 Walker Street New York, NY (corner of Walker and Lafayette Street)

"The original concept behind Chapeau! was as a sequel of sorts to the Shoo Sho that Julie Curtiss curated last year–riffing on the notion of an elegant hat shop downtown, and also playing with the congratulatory French phrase. But as I began to organize the artist list, news of the leak from the Supreme Court broke and my intention with the exhibition shifted. I started thinking about the many different hats women are expected to wear–and particularly had to wear over the past few years in the exacerbated chaos brought on by the pandemic. Now, overturning one of the last bastions of a woman’s autonomy in this country is a startling reality–forcing us into taking on even more, and in increasingly frightening ways.

The artists in this exhibition represent a broad cross section of generations and experience. They are all women I have long admired and respected, as artists and as humans. A few of them remember life before 1973. To these painters and sculptors, and to all of you, I tip my hat and hope you enjoy this show at WINDOW, on view 24/7."

--Brigitte Mulholland