How many women sculptors can you name? This book will challenge perceptions that sculpture is a male pursuit. In addition, it provides insight into the work and lives of dozens of women sculptors - significant artists from the past, as well as those working in the exciting and varied world of sculpture today.
The pioneers and legends:
Ruth Asawa ◉ Phyllida Barlow ◉ Louise Bourgeois ◉ Judy Chicago ◉ Camille Claudel
◉ Niki de Saint Phalle ◉ Elisabeth Frink ◉ Katharina Fritsch ◉ Anya Gallaccio ◉ Mona Hatoum ◉ Barbara Hepworth ◉ Eva Hesse ◉ Rebecca Horn ◉ Harriet Hosmer ◉ Yayoi Kusama ◉ Edmonia Lewis ◉ Frances Loring ◉ Sarah Lucas ◉ Annette Messager ◉ Senga Nengudi ◉ Cornelia Parker ◉ Sophie Ryder ◉ Doris Salcedo ◉ Alina Szapocznikow ◉ Rachel Whiteread ◉ Florence Wyle
Contemporary women sculptors in their own words featured:
◉ Tabatha Andrews ◉ Rachel Ara ◉ Annie Attridge ◉ Helaine Blumenfeld ◉ Juliana Cerqueira Leite ◉ Silke Dettmers ◉ Laury Dizengremel◉ Jane McAdam Freud ◉ Lucy Glendinning ◉ Maggi Hambling ◉ Kendra Haste ◉ Holly Hendry ◉ Christine Kowal Post ◉ Sophie Marsham ◉ Nnenna Okore ◉ Arundhata Patel ◉ Maya Ramsay ◉ Marianne Reim ◉ Frances Richardson ◉ Raphaele Shirley ◉ Susan Stockwell ◉ Sinta Tantra ◉ Almuth Tebbenhoff ◉ Patricia Volk ◉ Zhang Yaxi
With an overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today, this book explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, as well as breaking rules, pushing boundaries and inspiring us with their visionary creations.
About the Author: Joanna Sperryn-Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture Practice at York St John University. She has over 15 years experience of teaching in education and in prisons. As a sculptor she has had numerous exhibitions and has written many articles about art and sculpture notably: 'Cutting up conference papers: audience participation in breaking as making' in Artistic Research: Strategies for Embodiment, McGuirk, Tom & Fentz, Christine (eds.) Nordic Summer University Press (2015), 'Breaking as making: A methodology for visual work reflected in writing' in Art and Destruction, Walden, Jenny (ed.) Cambridge Scholars Press (2013).
Melissa Hamnett
Head of Heritage Collections and Chief Curator at House of Commons responsible for the Parliamentary Art Collection, the Historic Furniture and Decorative Arts Collection and the Architectural Fabric Collection. Formerly Curator of Sculpture at the V&A.
Cheryl Robson is a filmmaker, writer and editor who worked at the BBC for several years and then taught filmmaking at the University of Westminster. She also created a publishing company, publishing over 200 international writers. As a writer, she has won the Croydon Warehouse International Playwriting Competition and as co-editor, published Celluloid Ceiling: women film directors breaking through, the first global overview of women film directors and Silent Women; pioneers of cinema voted best book on silent film in 2017.
Melissa Hamnett is Head of Heritage Collections and Chief Curator at UK Parliament responsible for the Parliamentary Art Collection, the Historic Furniture and Decorative Arts Collection and the Architectural Fabric Collection. Formerly Curator of Sculpture at the V&A.
Editor Cheryl Robson is a film-maker, writer and editor who worked at the BBC for several years and then taught film-making at the University of Westminster. Her acclaimed music documentary Rock n Roll Island aired on BBC4 in 2020 and was named a Sunday Times Critics Choice programme.
In addition, she has created a publishing company, publishing over 200 international writers. As a writer, she has won the Croydon Warehouse International Playwriting Competition and as co-editor, published Celluloid Ceiling: women film directors breaking through, the first global overview of women film directors and Silent Women; pioneers of cinema voted best book on silent film in 2017. In 2019 she was a finalist in the ITV National Diversity Awards for Lifetime Achievement.
www.cherylrobson.net
