MoMA's Vital Signs exhibition explores bodily abstraction from Surrealism to feminist art

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is hosting "Vital Signs," an exhibition that explores how artists use abstraction to represent bodily experiences and identity formation, running until February 22. Covering a timeline from the early 1900s to the 2010s, the show particularly highlights the late 1960s to early 1990s. Featured works include Senga Nengudi's R.S.V.P. series (1977), Judy Chicago's vaginal car-hood designs (1965/2011), Ana Mendieta's Untitled (Amategram) (circa 1982), and Mary Kelly's Post-Partum Document (1973–79). Additionally, it showcases lesser-known artists like Forrest Bess and Ted Joans, who collaborated with over 130 contributors on the Long Distance project (1976–2005), along with pieces by Claude Cahun, Rosemary Mayer, Minnie Evans, Christina Ramberg, Marisol, and Jasper Johns.