Women Surrealists and the Politics of Eros

Events

1 October 2009
12.30pm - 2pm
Free but places are limited.

With Dr Alyce Mahon, Senior Lecturer in History 20th Century Art, University of Cambridge

In this lecture, Dr Alyce Mahon will explore the role of erotic desire in surrealism, and women surrealists’ provocative use of the sexual body to radically awaken the viewer to gender politics. Addressing a range of women surrealists, including Meret Oppenheim, Leonor Fini, Frida Kahlo and Mimi Parent, Mahon will consider how these women both offered an alternative to the dominant modes of surrealist masculinity and paved the way for later, post 1960s, generations of feminist artists.

University of Cambridge website: www.hoart.cam.ac.uk

To book phone 0161 2358888 or email magevents@manchester.gov.uk

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