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Charlotte Hodes
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Rachel Whiteread
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Mona Hatoum
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Anna Rubiku
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Ghada Amer
Exhibition
Motive / Motif: Artists commemorate the Suffragettes
24 Jan 2019 – 6 Jun 2019
Event times
Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Vestry Rd
- Waltham Forest E17 9NH
- London
- E17 9NH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Walthamstow Central
- Victoria Line
To mark the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, Vestry House presents an exhibition of embroidered handkerchiefs designed by 20 contemporary artists, including Rachel Whiteread, Mona Hatoum and Sarah Lucas.
About
The starting point for the exhibition was a piece of cloth embroidered in 1912 by Suffragettes imprisoned at Holloway Prison. Most of the 78 women who embroidered their signatures participated in demonstrations organised by the Women’s Social & Political Union. They were denied the status of political prisoners and many were force-fed.
The contemporary handkerchiefs are presented alongside the historic cloth embroidered with the names of seventy-eight Suffragettes, courtesy of The Women’s Library Collection at LSE. The exhibition also included photographs and information about each of the Suffragettes through an AV installation prepared by London College of Fashion, UAL.
Exhibition organised by London College of Fashion, UAL.
