Hi Holly
This is an amazingly comprehensive list - thanks so much - food here for us
all.
Jenni
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Hi Kirsty,
I would recommend looking up Saartje (Sara) Baartman, a Khoisan woman who
was displayed both when she was alive and after death and was a huge subject
of controversy regarding issues of racism, sexism and ownership of the body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman
This painting is Manet's comment on the issue of the female body in art
galleries:
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=851&L=1&tx_commentaire_pi1%5BshowUid%
5D=7123
This is an article about the exhibiting of the artist Eric Gill's work and
whether his work can be separated from his abuse of his daughters:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/09/eric-gill-the-body-ditc
hling-exhibition-rachel-cooke
And I would also look up the "Rokeby Venus" in the National Gallery. The
National Gallery does not include in its interpretation the fact that this
painting was slashed by Suffragettes protesting its portrayal of women and
in response the gallery banned female entry to the museum for a short
period: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26491421
For a more positive point of view on displays on women, I would suggest
seeing if you can find information about Nottingham Castle Museum's
exhibition by a female photographer documenting her struggle with breast
cancer. This was a bold exhibition and very different to how the female body
is usually portrayed in art galleries.
This is an exhibition about cat-calling:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moving-art-project-puts-men-on-the-recei
ving-end-of-catcalling_us_589c7c39e4b04061313bcfad
Glasgow Women's Library could also be good to look at:
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our-projects/women-making-an-exhibition
-of-themselves/
Also the National Maritime Museum's exhibition on Emma Hamilton was
fascinating and could give you a good insight:
http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/past/emma-hamilton-seduction-
and-celebrity
The only other thing I would suggest is going round the National Portrait
Gallery and looking at the different works on women. It's also worth
considering the "women's history" sections in exhibitions, where the whole
exhibition is assumed to be about male stories, but a piece on women is
included in the corner. This is especially common in Viking exhibitions,
I've found.
Hope this helps and best of luck, it sounds like a brilliant project!
Best wishes,
Holly
Holly Bee
Education Officer
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Sent: 25 April 2017 12:25
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Subject: Female Representation in Museums
Hi all,
I am a CHM student at the University of York currently working on my MA
dissertation. My topic is focused on representation of women in museums and
broader heritage, and I am particularly interested in issues such as lack of
representation, or instances which could be seen as trivialising or
inaccurate to the image of historical women. I am looking for any relevant
resources or discussion of the topic, any help would be really appreciated!
Also any insights or commentary anyone might have on how museum
practitioners apply feminist theory or otherwise consider issues of gender
representation when curating exhibitions would also be interesting to hear!
Best wishes,
Kirsty
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