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'MIND THE GAP' WOMEN'S ART MOVEMENT GROUP ART EXHIBITION INC. THE GIRLS
A group show of the work of 30 national and international women fine artists. Many lives are enriched through the collaboration of females exhibiting experimental artistic disciplines, confronting contemporary issues, social diversities and challenging the understanding of female representation within society.
FREE ENTRANCE
Preview: Saturday 3 October 6pm – 9pm
Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 6pm, Sun 4 – Sun 25 October 2009
Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road, NW1 2BA
TUBE: Euston
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ABOUT ARTISTS THE GIRLS
Known collectively as ‘The Girls’, re-emerging British artists Andrea Blood (1975, UK) and Zoë Sinclair’s (1976, UK) award-winning collaboration began thirteen years ago at Central Saint Martins. The Girls art work consists of surreal staged self-portrait photography, and performance art, exploring themes of Englishness, childhood, gender, women’s relationship with food, eroticism, and the art of drag. ‘Sexy, irreverent post-feminism. Think Angela Carter crossed with Cindy Sherman', Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard, 2008. The Girls have previously exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery, The ICA, The National Portrait Gallery, Beverley Knowles Fine Art and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). www.thegirls.co.uk
ABOUT WAM (WOMEN'S ART MOVEMENT)
WAM is a non-profit community group which provides support and resources in the field of creative, educational and commercial arts for women. Based in Islington/Camden, London, WAM creates opportunities for local community, national and international female artists through exhibitions, lectures, workshops, events and project research. www.wam-london.co.uk
ABOUT THE CRYPT
The Crypt of St Pancras Parish Church was used for coffin burials in the 1800’s. In both world wars the Crypt was used as an air raid shelter. In 2002 the Crypt became a gallery space, providing an intensely atmospheric backdrop to promote the work of a wide variety of artists, kept under the watchful eye of the caryatids.