Exhibition

The Comrades They Were Brave - We Salute You!

18 Mar 2022 – 10 Apr 2022

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Monday
12:00 – 17:00
Tuesday
12:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
12:00 – 17:00
Thursday
12:00 – 17:00
Friday
12:00 – 17:00
Saturday
12:00 – 17:00
Sunday
12:00 – 17:00

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44 GRS Gallery

London
England, United Kingdom

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Seven contemporary artists who all engage in defiance. Conceived as an homage to Edith Garrud (1872-1971), Jiujitsu martial arts teacher to the suffragettes, it explores the theme of fighting for a cause

About

In 1909, in response to increasing physical abuse by the police and opponents to their campaign for women’s right to vote, Edith Garrud began training the suffragettes in self-defence. Eventually she set up The Suffragette Bodyguard Unit, also called The Amazons or The Suffrajitsu by the press, dedicated to protecting Mrs Pankhurst and the other leaders of the movement from arrest and assault. Artists Deborah Tchoudjinoff, Garth Gratrix, Hatty Buchanan, Iain Hales, Jillian Knipe, and Laura Moreton-Griffiths have been invited to join Cecilia Sjoholm to address questions such as: can we be our own bodyguards? To what level are we willing to make sacrifices? Do we fight openly in public, or do we use smokescreens and camouflage as a means of survival? Presenting work across a range of media with writing, the exhibition also interrogates the relationship between the private and the public.

Curated by Cecilia Sjoholm. With thanks to Harold Offeh and Morgan Quaintance for guidance. Catalogue essay by Chris Fite-Wassalik. Supported by Arts Council England.

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Cecilia Sjoholm

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Deborah Tchoudjinoff

Garth Gratrix

Iain Hales

Cecilia Sjoholm

Laura Moreton Griffiths

Laura Moreton Griffiths

Jillian Knipe

Hatty Buchanan

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