Tag: Feminism
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Geta Brătescu: The Studio – A Tireless, Ongoing Space
Camden Arts Centre’s exhibition provides an overview of Geta Brătescu’s artistic career and including drawing, collage, video, sculpture and photography
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Caroline Walker: ‘Who we perceive to be the maker of an image affects how we consume it’
Caroline Walker’s quietly charged, often luxurious, spaces frame half-told narratives that complicate traditional ideas of the woman as subject. She talks about her process and how feminism is a nuanced concept
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Francesca Woodman: On Being An Angel
Influenced by surrealism and the Gothic revival, as well as speaking to the contemporary 1970s feminist zeitgeist, Francesca Woodman’s photography offers a timeless representation of a young woman on the cusp of adulthood
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Margaret Harrison: ‘You have to have a strategy to draw people into the work’
Pioneering artist Margaret Harrison shares memories of her early career as an activist for equal rights and pay and fair working conditions for women
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The Body as Language: Women and Performance
This historically salient show, examining the birth and development of performance art in relation to gender, the body, language and the expression of the self, marks the 40th anniversary of a seminal book on the subject by Lea Vergine
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Liberties
This exhibition of contemporary artworks by more than 20 women artists reflects the changes in art practice in the 40 years since the Sex Discrimination Act was introduced in the UK
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Marni Kotak interview: ‘I wanted to have my son’s birth as a performance’
US artist Marni Kotak talks about her performance of everyday events in real life as way to raise awareness of self-destructive emotions that ruin women’s lives and often go unnoticed
