7 July - 30 September 2012
Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow since World War
II is an exhibition and accompanying publication examining
the period between World War II and the present day when women
artists in Glasgow have been at the forefront of the art scene in
the city. The title of the exhibition comes from the studio located
on the top floor of the Mackintosh Building which historically was
the dedicated work space for women students.
In recent years, a number of highly regarded women artists have
emerged from the Glasgow art scene, including Turner Prize nominees
Christine Borland, Cathy Wilkes and Karla Black. Studio 58
will contextualise the work of contemporary women artists in
Glasgow through documenting and displaying the little known and
under-represented lineage of women's art in the city from 1939
onwards, within the frame of the city's art school where all of the
artists included in the exhibition either studied or taught.
The most well known period, 1890 - 1930, has been documented in
several publications and the recent exhibition 'Glasgow Girls'
(2010), however the post-World War II period has not been subject
to the same level of analysis. Studio 58 is organised around four
thematic strands: landscape/still life, body/self, printed
matter and photography/film and will focus upon the work of over 50
artists active from the late 1930s onwards. The artists
include Margaret Morris, Mary Armour, Ivy Proudfoot, and Kathleen
Mann, as well as those that followed them including Joan Eardley,
Margot Sandeman, Bet Low and Sam Ainsley and younger artists such
as Cathy Wilkes, Claire Barclay, Victoria Morton, Hayley Tompkins
and Karla Black.
Studio 58 has been curated by Dr. Sarah Lowndes and features
many seldom viewed works loaned from private collections and the
collections of Glasgow Museums, The Hunterian Museum, The Glasgow
School of Art Archives & Collections and Glasgow Women's
Library.
The exhibition and catalogue is supported by The Glasgow School
of Art, Glasgow Life and the Glasgow Society of Women Artists.
Preview: Friday 6 July 6-8pm
Symposium & catalogue
launch: 25th September, 2-5pm
Film
screening: 28th September, 6pm
Glasgow School of Art's Archives and Collections house material
relating to the School's history, its people, courses and
buildings. Our holdings are used to support research and
exhibitions. We are interested in donations from former staff and
students which relate to their time at GSA. For further details
please see www.gsa.ac.uk/archives or
contact archives@gsa.ac.uk
or 0141 353 4524 / 4592.
Image credit: Cathy Wilkes 'I Give You All My Money' (2008),
Mixed media installation, Dimensions variable. Installation view
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago,
2012. Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster
Ltd, Glasgow. Photo Tom Van Eynde
