BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4473@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190115T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T170000 DTSTAMP:20190321T153426Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/victoria-gallery-museum-shes-ecl ectic-women-artists-of-the-vgm-collection/ SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Victoria Gallery & Museum: She’s Eclec tic: Women Artists of the VG&M collection DESCRIPTION:She’s Eclectic: Women Artists of the VG&\;M collection\n\n Victoria Gallery &\; Museum\nUniversity of Liverpool\n\nRuns until end April 2019\nOpen Tues - Sat 10am to 5pm\n\nThe VG&\;M presents a vibran t new exhibition showcasing the diversity of artwork by women artists in t heir collection.  Some of the artists are world famous and others are les s known but still talented and interesting. Some are local\, some are inte rnational. It’s an eclectic mix.\n\nThe paintings\, prints and sculpture s on show range in date from around 1900 to contemporary. Many have not be en publicly displayed for several years. The University has been acquiring artworks since the 1880s but there was a major drive to add new works dur ing the 1960s and 70s when the campus was undergoing a period of rapid exp ansion. Acquisitions of that time included a sculpture by Elisabeth Frink and a large painting by Gillian Ayres. The University has continued to ad d to its collection over the years.\n\nThe exhibition features the latest major acquisition\, Runway Show by Fiona Banner RA\, purchased with the su pport of the Contemporary Art Society in 2018.\n\nIn 1971\, American art h istorian Linda Nochlin published her ground-breaking feminist essay\, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?  She wrote that historically\, am ongst other factors\, the male-dominated art world had restricted opportun ities for women artists to thrive.  Nochlin’s essay sparked a debate wh ich helped to reappraise the position of women artists.  She died in 2017 and the exhibition forms a tribute to her.\n\nNicola Euston\, Head of Mus eums and Galleries for the University of Liverpool\, comments: “We are p roud to celebrate and share some of our amazing artworks created by women artists. We are confident that everybody will discover something new to en joy and inspire.”\n\nVictoria Gallery &\; Museum\, Ashton Street\, Li verpool L69 3DR\nGeneral enquiries: Tel 0151 794 2348/email vgmrecep@liv.a c.uk\n\n \n\nFor further information about the exhibition contact Dr Aman da Draper\, Curator of Art &\; Exhibitions at amanda.draper@liverpool.a c.uk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2019/01/image006.jpg LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo l\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406158;-2.966418 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ashton Street\, University of Liverpool\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=100;X-TITLE=Victoria Gallery & Museum:geo:53.406158,-2.966418 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR