
Life is Still Life
Fri 16 September 2022 - Sat 11 February 2023
Murray Edwards College
Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its associations with women and the home. Despite this, still life has been the site of radical experiments with form and meaning and a way for artists to explore broad questions about life, death, gender and the self.
The exhibition brings together works by 15 artists created between the 1940s and the present day in a range of mediums including painting, photography, video and ceramics. It features key works from The Women’s Art Collection by artists including Shani Rhys James, Margaret Thomas and Rachel Nicholson, alongside major loans from artists, galleries and private collections. These include recent works in painting and photography by contemporary artists such as Hilary Pecis, Joy Labinjo, and Sekai Machache, as well as Sam Taylor-Johnson’s iconic video work, Still Life (2001). In a newly commissioned ceramic work, Katy Stubbs deconstructs the traditional still life and transforms it into the tragic narrative of a budgerigar. The exhibition’s title, taken from Charlotte Bronte?’s novel Villette (1853), speaks to the enduring significance of the genre and its ability to address broad existential questions while depicting the minutiae of everyday life.
Artists: Maisie Cousins, Phyllis Floyd, Maeve Gilmore, Joy Labinjo, Anna Liber Lewis, Harriet Macaree, Sekai Machache, E.Q. Nicholson, Rachel Nicholson, Arlie Panting, Hilary Pecis, Shani Rhys James, Katy Stubbs, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Margaret Thomas.
Public Programme: The exhibition is accompanied by a public programme of both online and in-person events, including tours, talks, workshops and panel discussions. For more information and to book tickets, please click this link or follow us on social media.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Website Email: art@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 762100
Timing
In person
10:00am-6:00pm daily from Friday 16 September 2022 until Saturday 11 February 2023
All times
Fri 16 September 2022 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 17 September 2022 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 18 September 2022 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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