The exhibition was dedicated to an all female group of artists and depicted some extraordinary sculptures , paintings and photographs.
The surealist exhibits were difficult to understand at times and nightmarish at first sight on occasion. The curators had taken four years to mount the exhibition and no doubt considerable time had been taken to obtain many of the paintings form other countries.
As many artists were from privalidged families it was an indication of the rebellious young women in the twenties when the role of women changed during that era after the first world war.
The title of the exhibition is Angels of Anarchy and covers many more artists' work than we had time to see and have described to us by the curators and Ann Hornsby.
The Gallery is having a special public day on the 21st January when they will give us an escort and a described tour of this exhibition by prior arrangement.
One of the exhibits was of a plaster cast of the artist's partners head which was then covered in silk scarves and feathers and other items concealed within the coverings.
The curator of the exhibition was Fiona C
orridan and was assisted by Kate Day who had organised the visit for us and who is filling in or Meg who is on maternity leave.
There are five different sections to the exhibition, which is quite complex and we looked at work byFrida Kahlo and Lee Miller, two of the most influential artists of the 20th Century.
We were only able to look at a few of the works and literally ran out of time after listening to the enthusiastic information given to us by Fiona.
I have never been overly interested if surealistic art in the past but now have a very different take on it. I have been left with the impression of some tortured souls seeking their own freedom of expression after decades of suppresion of the female, who was given one role.
We rounded off the visit in true Chriastmas style with a mince pie and tangerine, followed by a welcome hot drink.
A very interesting exhibition and our thanks to Mary and her volunteers for getting us there and safely guiding us throughout the morning.
posted by Elaine
