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Margaret Harrison
Margaret Harrison (born 1940 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England) is an English feminist and artist whose work uses a variety of media and subject matter. Life and work Born in Yorkshire, when her father returned from the war, her family moved first to Bridlington, then to Cumbria. Harrison studied at the Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle College of Art from 1957 to 1961; the Royal Academy Schools, London, England, from 1961 to 1964; and graduated from the Perugia Fine Arts Academy, Italy, in 1965. She founded the London Women's Liberation Art Group in 1970. A 1971 exhibition of her work that was closed by the police included a piece depicting Hugh Hefner as a naked Bunny girl. Between 1973 and 1975 she collaborated with artists Kay Hunt and Mary Kelly (artist), Mary Kelly to conduct a study of women's work in a metal box factory in Bermondsey, London, England, Bermondsey, London. They presented their findings in 1975 in the installation Women and Work: A Document on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PayneShurvell
PayneShurvell is a contemporary art gallery based in William Road in Kings Cross, London. It shows the work of Andrew Curtis, Aidan McNeill, Wrik Mead, Margaret Harrison, Anka Dabrowska and other internationally-recognised artists. The policy of the gallery is to bridge the gap between an artist-run space and a commercial gallery, showcasing emerging UK and international artists and featuring work from all media. Many of the artists shown have international reputations but are little known in the United Kingdom. PayneShurvell is owned and run by artist and curator James Payne who has shown work at Transition Gallery and is also a writer for ''Garageland'' and ''Arty (magazine), Arty'' and a columnist for The Huffington Post and Joanne Shurvell who was previously head of communications for the Institute of Contemporary Arts. The gallery opened in 2010 with a well received group show. For a time the gallery was in the Hoxton/Shoreditch area, which has been popular with the Young B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |