Whilst in Leeds Centre I passed the Henry Moore Institute, unfortunately the glass sculpture exhibition was not yet ready to be viewed by the public, however they had their small archival exhibition open still.
The exhibition was called Archive Lives: Documenting Women's Sculptural Practices in Britain, 1939-1960. Within a small room with one glass door to enter and exit, the work focused on women in the post-war era and their working contribution towards sculptures. Acting as a memoir of information discovered in this time was a fascinating thing to view and read about, as it was hard to discover such information with not much documentation of these women's contributions existing. As if due to it being about a woman's work they were overlooked or deemed less important in the past, so nothing was remembered to celebrate the power these women did back then. Each art work was protected with plastic or glass to encase the importance as there is very little to show, so every piece has to be cared for and treasured.
This whole exhibition intrigued my passion for research on women, with how very little exists. Similar to my project with motherhood, and how only the perfect side and conventional rules are spoken about still in todays society.
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