Talks
In Conversation: The American Feminist Art Movement & its Impact on Contemporary Art
Join us for in-conversation event between Professor Judith K. Brodsky and Dr. Ferris Olin chaired by Marjorie W. Martay at Murray Edwards College.
Paul Huot (French, active 1790s to 1820s), Female Mannequin, c. 1816, © bpk - Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte / Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Perfected mannequin: Perfected body?
Tue 28 October 2014
Fitzwilliam Museum
This is one of the central themes in the Fitzwilliam’s Silent Partners exhibition and will be discussed by literary scholars, curators, designers and fashion historians.
Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right.
Cost: £6, drink inlcuded
Enquiries and booking
Please note that booking is required for this event.
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