when: 16 February 2024 | venue: National Gallery of Australia | cost: See event for details | address: Parkes Place East Parkes 2600 | website: https://nga.gov.au | tickets: https://nga.gov.au/events/art-talk-anne-ohehir-and-shaune-lakin-on-1970s-video-art///?q=eyJ0eXBlIjoiYm9va2luZyIsImRlc3RpbmF0aW9uIj
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Join photography curators Shaune Lakin and Anne O'Hehir for a floor talk focused on performance within the 1970s video art of Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta and American artist, Lynda Benglis.
Focusing on Mendieta's, Blood sign (1974) and Lynda Benglis's Female sensibility (1973) currently on display as part of the exhibition, Deep Inside My Heart, the talk will explore how Mendieta and Benglis used performance and their own bodies to assert their politics, gender and sexuality.
Art Talk is a free weekly program. Hear from artists, curators and experts on the works in our collection and exhibition program. Art Talks in February focus on performance.
Duration is 45 minutes including Q&A.
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Join photography curators Shaune Lakin and Anne O'Hehir for a floor talk focused on performance within the 1970s video art of Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta and American artist, Lynda Benglis.
Focusing on Mendieta's, Blood sign (1974) and Lynda Benglis's Female sensibility (1973) currently on display as part of the exhibition, Deep Inside My Heart, the talk will explore how Mendieta and Benglis used performance and their own bodies to assert their politics, gender and sexuality.
Art Talk is a free weekly program. Hear from artists, curators and experts on the works in our collection and exhibition program. Art Talks in February focus on performance.
Duration is 45 minutes including Q&A.
Go see Art Talk: Anne O'Hehir and Shaune Lakin on 1970s video art 2024.
Art Talk: Anne O'Hehir and Shaune Lakin on 1970s video art 2024 is on 16 February 2024. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Parkes. Call 02 6240 6411 for details. Visit their website at https://nga.gov.au.
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