During her Arts and Humanities Research Council [AHRC] research project Rebecca Fortnum interviewed an important and influential sample of British women artists practicing internationally today. Her interviews and reflections were published as ‘Contemporary British Women Artists: in their own words’, (I.B. Tauris 2006).
The book is insightful and entertaining. It documents the thoughts, influences and processes of Jananne Al-Ani, Gillian Ayres, Claire Barclay, Christine Borland, Sonia Boyce, Maria Chevska, Tacita Dean, Tracey Emin, Anya Gallaccio, Lucy Gunning, Jane Harris, Runa Islam, Vanessa Jackson, Emma Kay, Tanya Kovats, Maria Lalic, Hayley Newman, Paula Rego and Jemima Stehli and Tomoko Takahashi.
Rebecca will talk about the book with SLWA.
Monday 17th May 6.30 – 8.30 pm.
Upstairs room at Dulwich Library.
Members and friends: £5 on the door. Non-members: £8.
Rebecca Fortnum read English at Corpus Christi College, Oxford before gaining an MFA from Newcastle University and taking up a fellowship at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, USA. She has received numerous awards throughout her career as a visual artist and has a distinguished history of teaching in the arts, in Britain and the USA. She is currently Course Director of MA Fine Art (Visual Arts) at Cambwerwell College of Arts.
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