Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Allyson Mitchell

  • Date: October 20, 2016
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
  • Location: Maine College of Art, Osher Hall, Portland

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Allyson Mitchell is a maximalist artist working in sculpture, performance, installation and film. Her practice melds feminism and pop culture to investigate contemporary ideas about sexuality, autobiography and the body, largely through the use of reclaimed textile and abandoned craft. These articulations have resulted in a coven of lesbian feminist Sasquatch monsters, a room-sized Vagina Dentata, an army of super genius Holly Hobbies and a woodland utopic library complete with a wishing well of forbidden political knowledge. Her works have exhibited in galleries and festivals across Canada, the US and Europe, including Tate Modern, the Textile Museum of Canada, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, Walker Art Center, The British Film Institute, Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

 

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Maine College of Art, Osher Hall

522 Congress St.
Portland  ME  04101 

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Maine College of Art

Nancy Walker
207-775-3052
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www.meca.edu