| Full Steam Ahead (Red, Green and Yellow) by Joana Vasconcelos |
I had a great day out yesterday at Manchester City Art Gallery. In recent years the Galllery has brought some amazing and exciting exhibitions to Manchester and this was no exception. Joana Vasconcelos is a Portuguese artist who lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. She is internationally renowned for her exquisitely crafted, monumental installations. Using humour and riotous colour she reappropriates domestic objects (as above the use of irons) and employs artisan techniques associated with female labour. She seeks to challenge traditional views about the status of women, class and national identity.
Time Machine is a major exhibition of new and recent work including new pieces such as "Britannia" especially commissioned for the gallery.
Vasconcelos's work is placed throughout the building some work commenting and responding to existing work within the gallery.
The exhibition is well worth seeing and joyful and I am going back soon with an artist colleague to soak up more of the joyous atmosphere and will post more about it then.
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