ARUSHA GALLERY, Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM - Bodily Objects - VIEWING ROOM - 17.07 > 31.08, 2020 @ArushaGallery @RSaltounGallery

"Bodily Objects"

Helena Almeida, Rose English, Renate Bertlmann, Helen Chadwick, Judy Chicago, Alexis Hunter, Carolee Schneemann

in partnership with Richard Saltoun Gallery

Richard Saltoun Gallery

41 Dover Street London W1S 4NS United Kingdom

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ARUSHA GALLERY

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17.07 > 31.08, 2020

Rose English, Rose on Horseback with Tail
1974/2012, C-type photograph, 76.2 x 50.8 cm

Helen Chadwick, Meat Abstract No. 1 (Variation)
1989, Polaroid, silk mat, 98 x 77 cm

Renate Bertlmann, Venice Rose
2019, 3 handblown glass roses with metal blades, edition 1 of 20

In an extension of the original online exhibition, curated by Philomena Epps, Bodily Objects brings together a selection of work by seven artists - Helena Almeida (1934-2018), Rose English, Renate Bertlmann, Helen Chadwick (1953-1966), Judy Chicago, Alexis Hunter (1948-2014) and Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) - exploring ideas of surrealism, sexuality, and subversion.
“Through avant-garde performance, photography, collage, and sculpture, each artist developed unique and experimental ways in which to represent embodiment, often conflating the corporeal with the material, through blurring or substituting the body with objects, food, and flora. Whether libidinous, absurd, or menacing, the sustained tone is one of wry humour and satire, situated in resistance to the representation of women typified by the crude male gaze.”
- Philomena Epps, May 2020