THIS DARK COUNTRY: WOMEN ARTISTS STILL LIFE AND INTIMACY

For women artists in the early twentieth century, such as Ethel Sands, Nina Hamnett, Vanessa Bell and Gwen John, still life was a conduit for their lives, their rebellions, their quiet loves for men and women. But for every artist we remember, there is another for whom art was replaced by being a mother or wife, whose remaining work lies in archives or attics. This bold and original blend of group biography and art criticism conducts a dazzling investigation into the structures of intimacy that make – and dismantle – our worlds.