Women and Art – Female Shape of Activism
With the huge mainstream presence of activist groups such as the Guerilla Girls and the recovery of Linda Nochlin’s 1971 essay ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists’? The lamentable statistics about gender equality and equal representation in the visual art market and in cultural institutions are, by now, no secret. But what is the future of activism amid these debates and how are artists and arts professionals grappling with these issues today? What more can be done on both an individual and institutional level and what impact does this have beyond the arts sector? Chaired by Catherine McCormack, Art historian, curator and founder of ‘Women and Art’ study programme at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, this discussion brings together different female voices motivated by activism and change in the sector, including contemporary artists Adelaide Damoah, and Nicole Wassall, Aïcha Mehrez, Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain, and Nina Pearlman, Head of UCL Art Collections.
This conversation was recorded live on Wednesday 30 March 2022, 4pm GMT as part of London Art Fair's online talks programme. Some questions were asked during the session by the live audience.
Chair: Catherine McCormack, Art historian, curator and founder of ‘Women and Art’ study programme at Sotheby’s Institute of Art.
Catherine McCormack is an art history lecturer and writer on historical and contemporary art. She completed her PhD at UCL where she was a Teaching Fellow in the art history department and she lectures for Sotheby's Institute on art from the 15th to 19th centuries. Alongside her historical specialisms she also has an interest in feminist art theory and is the Course Leader for the Women and Art Summer school.
Panel
Adelaide Damoah, Artist
British-Ghanaian artist Adelaide Damoah is a London based multidisciplinary artist, using investigative practices which currently span painting, performance, collage, image transfer and photographic processes. Key areas of interest for interrogation are colonialism, spirituality and intersectional feminism.
Nicole Wassall, Artist
Nicole Wassall completed an MA in Fine Art (Central Saint Martins, London), was shortlisted for the Clifford Chance Sculpture Award and Saatchi Sensations award on graduation and for Xhibit09 during her studies. Her practice is primarily concerned with unpicking social constructs that seem unhelpful and a book about her approach was published in 2014 ‘The Law of Unplanned Consequence’.
Nina Pearlman, Head of UCL Art Collections
Nina Pearlman is Head of UCL Art Collections and is a contemporary art curator, writer, lecturer and museum professional. She gained her PhD from the London Consortium, and has steered cross-section interdisciplinary research into gender equality in the arts. Pearlman is a nominator for the Prix Pictet global prize in photography and sustainability.
Aïcha Mehrez, Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain
Having studied at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Aïcha Mehrez has since turned her hand to curatorial projects at The Royal British Society of Sculptors and most recently at the Tate in her current role as Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art.
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