Artist Talk: The State of Her
International Women's Day offers the perfect context: she has been developing a hybrid visual language of the female figure over many years, most recently in a 25 metre long canvas that functions as a wry commentary on contemporary constructs of womanhood. The impulse of the work is to challenge, resist and critique stereotypical representations of the female form by depicting woman as the protagonist; bringing her centre-stage, to hold her own space...
‘To move freely with energy in the world is an extraordinary ideal. Women should have this room for possibility.’ Nancy Spero.
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- Course Code: VQ101
- Dates: 08/03/24 - 08/03/24
- Time: 12:00 - 15:00
- Taught: Fri, Daytime
- Duration: 1 session
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Heidi Wigmore
Course Code: VQ101
Duration: 1 session
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What is the course about?
This is a free Artist Talk for International Womens Day, it will take place in the Cultureplex and is open to all.
Heidi Wigmore is a visual artist whose diverse practice is informed by drawing; her particular interest is in the ‘dynamic performative figure’. She is artist workshop leader for English National Ballet where she has developed ‘live drawing’ events at The Coliseum and Sadlers Wells theatre that explore the common language of drawing and dance. She has also led drawing workshops at Tate Liverpool, at the Turner Prize for Hull City of Culture and for the British Museum exhibition ‘Lines of Thought’.
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