--- title: 344 -- Wilke -- Force of Nature -- 09/19/19 - 11/30/19 date: 2019-09-03T15:10:00-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-wilke-force-of-nature-09-19-19-11-30-19" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Force of Nature [Hannah Wilke](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Sep 18 – Nov 29, 2019 ![Wilke So Help Me Hannah Snatch Shots With Ray Guns 1978 Crop For Banner](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/13819/Wilke-So-Help-Me-Hannah-Snatch-Shots-with-Ray-Guns-1978-crop-for-banner.jpg) Hannah Wilke So Help Me Hannah, 1978 detail Description Ronald Feldman Gallery is honored to present a solo exhibition of work by Hannah Wilke (1940-1993). Entitled “Force of Nature,” it is the thirteenth solo exhibition of her art mounted by Feldman Gallery since it began representing Wilke in 1972. With great passion and acuity, Wilke empathetically and provocatively transformed her relationships and personal experiences into her practice. Her work has often been described as incorporating a wide emotional range, which undoubtedly stemmed from her determination to speak for a more complex narrative of sexual freedom and self-representation and against stereotypes and objectification. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/Hannah-Wilke-Force-of-Nature-Press-Release.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) ![Wilke Breast Plate No Frame](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke_Breast-Plate_no-frame_190903_185845.JPG) Hannah Wilke Breastplate, 1981 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Breast Plate No Frame]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Breastplate, 1981 private collection ![Wilke Gum Landscape 1975 Web]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Gum Landscape, 1975 ![Wilke Venus Envy 1980 Web Ready]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Venus Envy, 1980 ![Wilke Two Fold Gestural Sculpture 1978]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Two-Fold Gestural Sculpture, 1978 ![Wilke Venus Pareve 1982 84]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Venus Pareve, 1982-84 ![Wilke Dublin Castle 1975 Framed Copy 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Dublin Castle, 1975 ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 2](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1_2.jpg) Force of Nature, 2019 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 2]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 4]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 2](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1_2.jpg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1_1.jpg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1.jpg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 3](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1_3.jpg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 4](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Force-Of-Nature-Installation-View-1_4.jpg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 2]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 3]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view ![Wilke Force Of Nature Installation View 1 4]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Force of Nature, 2019 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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