Glasgow School of Art - Mackintosh Museum

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, Kathleen Mann, Joan Eardley, Margot Sandeman, Bet Low, Sam Ainsley, Cathy Wilkes, Claire Barclay, Victoria Morton, Hayley Tompkins, Karla Black, Carol Rhodes, Christine Borland and Romany Dear, the youngest at 23. ?

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.

Monday - Sunday 11am - 5pm (Doors Open Weekend times 15 & 16 September 9.30am-6pm)

Admision free

Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow G3 6RQ

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