Tag: art
Catriona McAra and Lesley McAra write about their ancestor Charlotte Marsh, a feminist and suffragette who was imprisoned for her beliefs. They ask themselves what her legacy is in their academic and professional practice.
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Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
By reviewing the story of Lee Miller’s life, Patricia Allmer explores how the woman artist occupies a permanently impermanent position, constantly discovered and then re-discovered.
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Elisabet Ney’s final sculpture
With her short story ‘Lady Macbeth’, Carly Brown transports us to the final years of 19th century feminist sculptor Elisabet Ney.
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Liubov Popova, Constructivism and politics as an artform
Sotiria Grek reflects on the role of women artists–with a focus on Liubov Popova–in the Russian avant-garde movement.
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Poetry, art and ‘to dare to talk about my body’
Iranian poet Sepideh Jodeyri explores her experience of objectification of the female body in her homeland, through her poem ‘a piece of flesh’ and the art that inspired this work.
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