Sixty Years
Interesting rehang of the modern galleries at Tate Britain covering the period from the
1960s to now using only work by women artists.
The galleries were
divided into three sculptures, portraits and humour and strangeness. It
questions the historical bias and the captions include open questions. There
were some fun works including Anthea Hamilton’s “Karl Lagerfeld Bean Counter”,
a lounging, acrylic figure of the designer, which greeted you as you entered
the room.
There were
artists who would you expect including Sarah Lucas, Bridget Riley, Maggi
Hambling, Gillian Wearing and Tracey Emin. There were also some artists I’d not
come across such as Susan Hiller with her installation reacting to reports of
apparitions on tv screens after broadcasting stops, not that it does any more.
This period is probably one of the easiest to just express with female artists.
I did however
feel that representing a period of time purely with female artists is just as
biased as those with only male artists. It does give a skewed view of a time
line. It’s an interesting exercise but I’m pleased it’s not a permanent rehang.
I do however hope it does lead people to ask questions about the contemporary
art market and how it represents women.
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