Making Moves: A Collection of Feminisms, 2026

Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA

Robin Hill: Dissipation, 2004

Cotton batting and paper
95” x 24” x 70 1/2”

Composed of fifteen square sheets of cloth-like paper, Dissipation relies on friction to hold its hundreds of torn cotton fragments to the surface. The artist reclaimed the cotton batting from a Brooklyn manufacturer of shoulder pads. Throughout her practice, Hill gives new life to discarded materials. Nodding to the sculpture of Eva Hesse and the legacies of post-minimalism, she explores the tension between pliable materials and structured grids, privileging process and improvisation over a predetermined form. Dissipation is a tantalizing synesthesia of sight and touch, inviting viewers to imagine the feeling of its soft surface.

Robin Hill (center): Dissipation, 2004

Cotton batting and paper
95” x 24” x 70 1/2”

Making Moves: A Collection of Feminisms

November 2, 2025 - May 3, 2026
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA

Press Release
Exhibition Introduction Video
Crocker Art Museum Blog Post

Making Moves: A Collection of Feminisms illustrates the breadth of materials and approaches artists have employed to represent women’s experiences. Ranging from figurative depictions to more abstract expressions, the exhibition examines the evolving complexities of femininity and feminism that have inspired generations of visual artists. Organized thematically, Making Moves explores ideas of self-representation, care, sentimentality, the erotic, and memory. The artworks featured are drawn from the Crocker’s permanent collection, alongside generous loans and gifts from private collections.

Making Moves features artwork by: JOJO ABOT, Jane Ingram Allen, Amanda Austin, Ruth Bernhard, Lynn Beldner, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Layo Bright, Joan Brown, Nancy Buchanan, Mary Cassatt, Widline Cadet, Judy Chartrand, Andrea Chung, Judy Chicago, Judy Dater, George Daniels Morse, Dora De Larios, Nicole Eisenman, Maya Fuji, Viola Frey, Nancy Genn, Shan Goshorn, Jay Lynn Gomez, Raven Halfmoon, Ester Hernandez, Robin Hill, Frida Kahlo, Angelica Kauffman, Corita Kent, Koo Kyung Sook, Young Joon Kwak, Deana Lawson, Liza Lou, Hung Liu, Zoe Longfield, Joan Moment, Paige Jiyoung Moon, Michelle Magdalena, Jody Naranjo, Paula Nicho Cúmez, Catherine Opie, Emmy Lou Packard, Wendy Red Star, Diego Rivera, Faith Ringgold, Annabeth Rosen, Roz Ritter, Ruth Rippon, Judith Schaechter, Jacob Schloss, T.B. Sherriff, Esther Shimazu, Stephanie Syjuco, Betye Saar, Lezley Saar, M. Louise Stanley, Claire Tabouret, Joan Tanner, J.A. Todd, Rupy C. Tut, Laura Van Duren, Kukuli Velarde, Lina Iris Viktor, Adele Watson, Faith Wilding, Samantha Yun Wall, Carrie Mae Weems, Maryam Yousif, and Nancy Youdelman.