Images of Women

Synopsis: Works from the collection of the Leeds City Art Galleries provide a varied critical study of images of women. The works range from Victorian narratives by Tissot and Waterhouse, and high-minded embodiments of national virtues, to the tradition of the nude, including works by Epstein and Henry Moore. Bruce McLean’s ‘Exit the Model’ is an ironic comment on that tradition, while works by women artists Gwen John and Elaine Kowalsky sharpen the spectator’s awareness of the conventions govenrning the portrayal of women by male artists.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 15 slides.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £16.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)
Documentation: Accompanying 18-page text with introduction, commentary, notes, bibliography.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: gender representation; paintings; sculpture

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
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Phone: 0161 247 1930
Fax: 0161 247 6897
Address: The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG

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