A conversation on art, feminism and social change.

How can art confront injustice, challenge the ways we see the world and give visibility to experiences too often hidden from view?

Join us at Kellogg College for an unscripted conversation between visual artist Wilma Woolf and art historian, author and curator Dr Catherine McCormack, exploring the relationship between art, feminism and social change.

The discussion will focus on two of Woolf’s powerful works, Domestic and Temple of Safety, which draw on data, research and personal testimonies to expose violence against women and challenge the structures that allow it to remain hidden. Together, Woolf and McCormack will place these works in the wider history of feminist interventions in visual culture, exploring how artists have challenged dominant narratives, made injustice visible and used art as a catalyst for change.

About the speakers

Wilma Woolf (https://www.wilmaworks.com/)is a UK-based visual artist whose research-led practice explores human rights, particularly women’s rights. Her work has been exhibited at Tate Modern, the V&A, the Royal Academy and Richard Saltoun Gallery, and has twice been presented in the UK Parliament.

Dr Catherine McCormack (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-mccormack-b2668a1a/) is an author, academic, critic and independent curator specialising in art, feminism and visual culture. She is the author of Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking, and her research explores feminist artistic interventions, representations of women and the politics of looking.

Organised byDr Leah R. Clark (https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-leah-clark/), Arts Fellow at Kellogg College and Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Oxford.

Content advisory: This event will explore sensitive themes, including sexual violence and trauma.

Doors open at 5pm for tea and coffee before the talk.

© Wilma Woolf

© Wilma Woolf

© Wilma Woolf

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