Roundtable: Feminist Art Perspectives on Architecture and the Domestic Environment
June 6
5.30 - 7.00
Warwick Arts Centre - National Grid Room
The Mead Gallery is currently showing Room, a free exhibition of installations, sculptures and photographs by international women artists, which variously explore ideas around architecture and the domestic environment – historically perceived as a female sphere of activity. The featured artists include Nan Goldin, Beverly Buchanan, Heidi Bucher, Louise Bourgeois, Klara Lidén, Hilary Lloyd, Sarah Lucas, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Rachel Feinstein, Joanna Piotrowska, Penny Slinger, Francesca Woodman, Andra Ursuta, Marianne Vitale and Andrea Zittel.
To celebrate the exhibition, the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender is hosting a roundtable discussion on feminist art approaches to architecture and the domestic environment. Speakers include:
- Rachel Hurdley (Cardiff University)
- Yara Richter (Warwick)
- Cath Lambert (Warwick)
- Laura Lord (exhibition curator, Sadie Coles HQ)
- Fiona Venables (Mead Gallery)
- chair: Maria do Mar Pereira (Warwick)
The roundtable is free but places are limited and must be booked in advance. You can book a ticket by visiting the Arts Centre Box Office, or calling the Box Office on 024 7652 4524.
The roundtable will include a free tour of the exhibition led by Laura Lord, the curator. Refreshments will be provided.