GIRLS + GUTS

Venue: 44AD artspace • BA1 1NN
Opening night: 6pm until late • Fri 24 May 2024
Open 11am - 6pm daily • 25 May to 8 June 2024
Accessible with ramp, for full details see map : fringeartsbath.co.uk/map

Looking at art, feelings and responses to girlhood and the body, the exhibition looks at both the strength and vulnerability. It explores the inconsistencies that shape ‘girlhood’, considering the end of childhood and of play as the weight of the expectations of society come to bear on your body. From ribbons and swings, a pure and innocent absence of self-consciousness, to the pressure around weight and shape, goals and behaviour. Your autonomy is surrendered, your behaviour is expected to change, your own needs become secondary to the needs of others. Impossible standards are set, so girls will always fail.

Exhibiting Artists:
Abigail Tinnion, Adrianna Capuano, Aleksandra Selezneva, Alisha Stokes, Alison Hunt, Amanda Hall, Antonina Mamzenko, Ashley Cerrino, Becky Davies, Cara Smith, Cherish Marshall, Claire Clark, Dallyss Hamrick, Darcy Whent, Ellen Ralph, Emma Clift, Eryn and Aish, Frances Willoughby, Frankie Anderton, Franklin Lavender, Gabriella Tigoglu, Gemma Dunnell, Georgia Turnbull, Grace Pyatt and Esme Taylor, India Tomalin, Isobel Scarsbrook, Izzie Thompson, Jade Clarke, Jocelyn Brett, Kat Drysdale, Lietta Granato, Lily Serendipity, Lior Hutchings, Livia Weidl, Lois Rose, Lola Bennet, Luiza da Motta Horn, Marcy Petit, Marisa Matusha, Mary Modha, Nelson, Romana Ashraf, Ríon Duffy Murphy, Sonia Levesque, Sophie Capshaw-Mack, Tracy Satchwill.

Curated by aileen lyon + Sapphire Henriksen

aileen experiments across a range of materials and processes. She works in sculpture, painting and photography to probe the edges of our perceptions. She makes work that explores our chosen pathways, revealing new perspectives on spatial and temporal phenomena. aileenlyon.com / insta @aileenlyon

Sapphire works to create a comfortable space for discomfort, using kitschy femme aesthetics to dismantle preconceived notions and redefine traditional narratives from a queer, working-class perspective. By embracing and subverting these aesthetics, she aims to create work that invites dialogue and challenges unjust societal norms. sapphirehenriksen.com / insta @sapphirehenriksenart

aileen and Sapphire find common ground in making a mess.