Talk
NO EDEN: Robert Fitzmaurice in conversation with Lucy Cox
21 May 2019
Greenham Common Control Tower
Newbury, United Kingdom
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Greenham sprite
Exhibition
No Eden
16 Mar 2019 – 29 May 2019
Event times
Thurs & Fri 10.30-13.30, Sat & Sun 9.30-16.00 and by appointment
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Burys Bank Road
- Greenham
- Newbury
England - RG19 8BZ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Newbury
Event map
Artist’s figuration considers gender politics and the peace camps of Greenham Common
About
This exhibition of paintings and mixed media art looks back at the social history of the Greenham Common, especially the former military presence and the peace camp protests of the 1980s. Over the years Robert has developed a variety of figurative and semi-figurative motifs to question ideas about power, gender, childhood and identity. This exhibition advances those themes in the context of the actions taken by the Greenham women to confront patriarchy and challenge militarism.
The common was certainly no Eden then but this show offers no safe historical perspective. When leaders with nuclear arsenals have insulted each other with terms like rocket-man and dullard, and the US and Russia have withdrawn from the INF Treaty the same tensions exist now as then, and deserve our attention.
