Richard Saltoun Gallery extends Women 2.1 virtual series of exhibitions spotlighting female artists
Zöe Williams (1983 - ),High Salmon piss pot heel, 2019. Hand glazed ceramic with gold lustre, rabbit furs, 10.5 × 8 × 20 cm. Courtesy Ciaccia Levi, Paris.
LONDON
.- Part of Richard Saltoun Gallerys extended Women 2.1 virtual series of exhibitions spotlighting female artists outside the gallery roster, this two-part online presentation explores the work of leading female artists and ceramicists. Part 1 presents work by Lynda Benglis, Zoe Williams, Jacqueline Poncelet.
The rise of feminist art theory and the recognition of widespread gender discrimination in the arts over the past 50 years has significantly focused on textile and fibre sculpture as a key media, with Roszika Parkers seminal 1984 publication The Subversive Stitch giving a public voice to the field. Removing textile from the domestic sphere, it is now a respected and popular art form, yet ceramics, textiles