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Top Row: Alice May Williams, film still from By The Accident Of Your Birth, 2017 (c) Alice May Williams CJ Mahony, Knole draft glass design 2018 (c) CJ Mahony Lindsay Seers, 2052selves (a biography) (c) Lindsay Seers & Keith Sargent - 2017 Bottom Row: Melanie Wilson, Women of Record 2018 A Woman's Place Knole (c) National Trust Ciaran McCrickard Emily Speed, Innards 2018 A Woman's Place Knole (c) National Trust Ciaran McCrickard Lubaina Himid, Collars and Cuffs 2018 A Woman's Place Knole (c) National Trust Ciaran McCrickard |
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A WOMAN’S PLACE AT KNOLE KNOLE HOUSE, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN15 0RP 17 MAY –4 NOVEMBER 2018 Commissioned artists, Lubaina Himid, CJ Mahony, Lindsay Seers, Emily Speed, Alice May Williams & Melanie Wilson. Curated by Lucy Day & Eliza Gluckman. Six contemporary art commissions highlight the progression towards equality through the stories of women who have contributed to the spirit & history of Knole. A Woman’s Place at Knole shines a light on historical women’s voices, marking 100 years since the Representation of the People Act that gave women the vote in the UK for the first time. Women had to be over 30 and either they, or their husband, meet a property qualification. This critical moment in history is no better illustrated than at Knole where the rules of inheritance impacted so significantly on the women who lived there. 2017 Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid joins five other commissioned artists responding through different media – sculpture, sound, film, interventions and a website, with works that encompass love, betrayal, class, gender and inheritance. The National Trust’s Women and Power is a year-long programme of events and exhibitions celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act through the telling of less-known and often hidden stories of women at Trust places, including some of those involved in the fight for suffrage.
A Woman’s Place events are happening throughout the season at Knole. Head over to our Events page to see what’s coming up. For more information, go to the Exhibitions page on the A Woman;'s Place site, or click on the Press Release on the Press page. |
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