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The second workshop in a series of events by Irish artist Fion Gunn as part of her year-long residency with the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.
The residency includes Arrivals/Departures - an exhibition of Fion's work at the University's Victoria Gallery & Museum from 30 July until 23 December 2022 (for more details click HERE.)
Fion Gunn will show a series of artworks which she created as tribute to Mary Wollstonecraft, an important thinker, writer and educationalist. These were inspired by the impact on Fion’s own life and practice.
Fion will show two short films which she created in a virtual reality environment and refer to the painting/collage featured in the Arrivals/Departures exhibition at the Victoria Gallery & Museum.
One of Wollstonecraft's beliefs was that women are given the tools of reason, their minds should be valued as well as their bodies, otherwise “they cannot be free, or even fully human".
This explains precisely why Fion and many other artists feel that the Maggi Hambling memorial sculpture (Clissold Park, London) is so profoundly inappropriate. There is a current discussion about the relevancy of public statuary in general and in particular how representations of women and ethnic minorities and this is one of the themes which Fion will explore.
Fion, concerned about the slow progress of women’s rights globally, the oversexualisation of children and ‘othering’ that underlies this dangerous trend, creates art which provides different perspectives on what constitutes a person’s life.The audience is warmly invited to join the conversation.
Fion Gunn was born and raised in the city centre of Cork, graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design, and spent a post-graduate year at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Supérieure de Nancy. She has exhibited across Europe and China, and has won multiple awards for her work from Arts Council England, Arts Council Ireland, and Culture Ireland. Gunn lives and works in London.
Learn more about Fion and see sample of her work HERE.
The Institute of Irish Studies would like to acknowledge the support received from the Arts Council England for Arrivals/Departures by Fion Gunn.