The F Word
Contemporary Feminist Art in Australia
Description:... The f Word has been a three year research project exploring contemporary feminist art in Australia. The project includes visual artists artists from Melbourne and Regional Victoria and activities include forums, workshops and events culminating in two exhibitions of visual art. The f Word catalogue contextualises the project from development through to exhibition, including the 'a dinner party; setting the table' residency at West Space, Melbourne in 2012, 'The Regional Feminist Art Forum' at the La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo in 2013 and the 'Technopia Tours Feminist Art Bus' held in Melbourne on International Women's Day, March 8, 2014. The catalogue includes scholarly essays by Dr. Louise Burchill, Virginia Fraser and Dr. Carolyn Barnes and details the works included in the two exhibitions; The f Word, Sale at Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale from July 19 to September 7, 2014 and The f Word, Ararat at Ararat Regional Art Gallery, August 28 to October 12, 2014. Curated by Caroline Phillips with the support of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, the Victorian College of the Arts 'Matters of the Body' Research Cluster and Technopia Tours, a research project by Kim Donaldson.
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