Maria Bartuszová, Lygia Clark, Lenore Tawney, Hannah Wilke & Sheila Hicks
in ‘Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950-1970’, Turner Contemporary, Margate
3 February – 6 May 2024
Hannah Wilke, Five Androgynous and Vaginal Sculptures, 1960-61. Courtesy: Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles © Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles. Licensed by VAGA at Artist’s Rights Society (ARS), New York, DACs, London
Lenore Tawney, Acanthus, 1962 © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation
Maria Bartuszová,Three-Part Sculpture II, Grip, 1969/2005. Courtesy The Estate of Maria Bartuszová, Košice, and Alison Jacques, London © The Archive of Maria Bartuszová, Košice photo: Eva Herzog Studio
Opening 3 February, Maria Bartuszová, Lygia Clark, Lenore Tawney and Hannah Wilke are included in the group exhibition, ‘Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950 - 1970’, on view at Turner Contemporary, Margate until 6 May 2024.
Guest curated by Dr Flavia Frigeri, the exhibition will bring together the works of more than 50 artists to examine how, through abstract forms, materials and modes, women pushed the boundaries of artmaking while tackling seismic cultural, social and political shifts. Comprising over 80 artworks, predominantly sculpture, the exhibition will trace how the language of abstraction developed on a global scale.
Together, the works included in Beyond Form will map a constellation that speaks to the global, collective language of abstraction that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries through the universal medium of sculpture.