Virtual presentation showcases works by Italian Feminist artist Mariella Bettineschi
Mariella Bettineschi (1948 - ), Piumario (Feather box), 1981. Organza, feathers, gold, 30 x 120 x 4 cm. Courtesy the Artist and Richard Saltoun Gallery, London.
LONDON
.- Part of Richard Saltouns Women 2.1 online series of exhibitions spotlighting female artists, this virtual presentation showcases works by Italian Feminist artist Mariella Bettineschi. The show, the first solo presentation of Bettineschis work at the gallery features a selection of works from one of her first series: the Piumari (Feather boxes).
At the beginning of the 1980s, after a long process of un-learning what I learnt in art school, the Piumari were born. The Piumari was one of the artists first series to give voice to her ongoing interest and research into alternative languages: the ability to transform and create new ways of thinking with our own breath and further illustrating womens capabilities
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January 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Academy of Music honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the digital tribute, Let Freedom Ring, on January 16, 2021 in New York City. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images.
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Richard Saltoun Gallery announces a 12-month programme of exhibitions dedicated to the writings of Hannah Arendt
Siah Armajani, Gazebo for Two Anarchists: Emilio Coda and Richard Henry Dana, 1991. Stained balsa wood, 30.5 x 59.7 x 24 cm. Image courtesy Rossi & Rossi and the artist.
LONDON
.-Richard Saltoun Gallery announced a 12-month programme of exhibitions dedicated to the writings of the German-born, American political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). Since the gallerys inception in 2012, Richard Saltoun has sought to shed light on difficult questions concerning inequality and identity. Its unwavering dedication to Feminist and Conceptual artists particularly from the 1970s onwards has inevitably imbued its programme with a strong political focus, and the gallerys curatorial approach has been guided by a vision to serve a wider societal purpose.