Artist Talk: Eva Lewis and Meghan Murray moderated by Martina Tanga, PhD
When:
Saturday, Apr 06, 2024 1:00p -
2:00p
Saturday, Apr 06, 2024 1:00p -
2:00p
Where:
laisun keane
460C Harrison Ave C8A
Boston, MA 02118
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Good for Groups, Lectures & Conferences, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
https://www.laisunkeane.com/exhibitions/54-rose-s-grenadine-eva-lewis-and-meghan-murray/
We are excited to hold an Artist Talk with Eva Lewis and Meghan Murray in conjunction with their two person exhibition "Rose's Grenadine" on view at our gallery from April 5 to May 19, 2024. Please RSVP at [email protected]
The talk will be moderated by the art historian and MFA Boston Curator, Martina Tanga, PhD.
Lewis and Murray collaborated in the creation of “Rose’s Grenadine” with a focus on the feminine figure in society. This women focused exhibition, challenges the ways in which female-presenting people historically exist in public spaces. The artists integrate the idea of Rose’s Grenadine, a pomegranate-flavored syrup,
through the ways female bodies are traditionally portrayed as sweet and subservient. Lewis and Murray highlight the dissonance between traditional portrayals of girls and young women and how they choose to portray women. Their work acts as a continuation of revolutionary and subversive female painters such as Mary Cassatt and Boston-native Ellen Day Hale, along with modern female film directors such as Sofia Coppola and Greta Gerwig.
Moderator Bio:
Martina Tanga is a curator, educator, and art historian interested in art that engages with social concerns, feminism, and the built environment. She is a specialist in Italian 20th-century Italian art, and her book, "Arte Ambientale: Urban Space, and Participatory Art," released by Routledge Press, examines radical artistic practices sited in Italy’s 1970s urban landscape. She held positions at the Worcester Art Museum, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and is currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Tanga earned her BA and MA in the History of Art from University College London and a Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture from Boston University.
Rose's Grenadine
Eva Lewis and Meghan Murray
April 5 - May 19, 2024
