Rise of Women Artists at the Walker

This was an exhibition full of influential pieces through the times from women. The funny thing was some of the pieces may have been made by men.

I was really intrigued by the embroidery pieces you come across at the start of the exhibition. One by Edit Waterworth called 'Panel for fire screen' 1920 which gave the piece purpose as a household object. Waterworth was a student at Liverpool School of Art so its great to see local artist taking part in such an important exhibition. There is a very strong symmetrical pattern which makes this piece charming and can see past owners getting a lot of please out of it. The dears are a symbol of women, brings up roots in the past and screams British heritage. This piece is so close to home i love it but i wander if international artists would look at it as such a gem.

This piece to the right is 'English Family China' 1998 by an artist called Christine Borland. In this picture is porcelain skulls of different sizes with Chinese style paintings on them all laid out on tables. This piece is about the import and export of cotton slaves to help Liverpool's industry which reflects with the material of porcelain. The way the skulls are arranged on dissection tables symbolise the breaking up of families during the slave trade. This shows that the way artists arrange their work in a space is important and can increase the meaning of the work. I think the skulls are beautifully made and are very British.

In my work i need to start thinking of how to present my work a bit 'mad'. I have always been interested in how canvases are hung so i drew a canvas that could be hung any way but it depends on which way you see it to what you see in the picture and which bit stands out.


I these pictures you can see different things more prominently when the canvas is turned. See if you can spot where the train and smoke is coming from, the penguin, octopus, and the silhouette of a person smoking.