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Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Artlyst: 20th Century Women Artists Challenging Conventions In Britain

My latest article for Artlyst is about Challenging Convention at Laing Art Gallery. This exhibition spotlights four British artists working in the early 1900s – Vanessa Bell, Gwen John, Laura Knight and Dod Procter- to explore their lives and work in a climate of modernism, transformation and increasing emancipation. My interest in this article is in the differing contacts that each had within their networks with the Church and the varying forms of support they received:

'The exhibition reveals how these women challenged the conventions of their day to become respected painters, while showcasing each as an important artist in her own right ... 

Each of them was embedded within a web of fellow artists and intellectuals; and made a significant impact on the profile of women artists within traditional institutions and in the public eye ...

While at the beginning of a much larger engagement between artists and the Church, the love that all these artists had for and their use of local people and the local landscape showed how the divine was part of the everyday and enabled others to sense the closeness of God to their own lives.'

My other pieces for Artlyst are:

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