The second half of Richard Saltoun Gallery’s programme dedicated entirely to female artists launches on 30th August with the exhibition ‘Made Routes: Mapping and Making,’ featuring two South African artists, Vivienne KOORLAND and Berni SEARLE, curated by acclaimed academic and art historian Tamar Garb.
Curator and staunch feminist Paola Ugolini returns to the gallery with the exhibition ‘Feminism in Italian Contemporary Art,’ opening on 1 October to coincide with Frieze Week. With work by gallery artist Silvia GIAMBRONE and guest artist Marinella SENATORE, the exhibition showcases both artists’ interest in politics and collective action.
MADE ROUTES: MAPPING AND MAKING VIVIENNE KOORLAND AND BERNI SEARLE AUGUST 30—SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 Private view: Thursday 29th August, 6–8pm Richard Saltoun Gallery
100% Women closes with a two-part exhibition that examines themes of maternal experience and subjectivity in art. Curated by Catherine McCormack, an expert in the field, the first exhibition opens on 15th November around the idea of ‘matrescence’ and features Laia ABRIL, Renate BERTLMANN, Leni DOTHAN, Helen KNOWLES, XIAO Lu and more. The second exhibition, ‘Maternality,’ opens in January 2020 and reflects on the etymological root of the word mother and its relationship with material matter, with artists from Eve ARNOLD and Judy CHICAGO to Helen BENIGSON and Carmen WINANT, amongst others.
