Aicha Mehrez on Lisa Brice
In\xa0Episode\xa007\xa0of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the amazing Tate Britain curator, A\xefcha Mehrez, on one of the GREATEST painters working today, LISA BRICE!!!!\n\nAnd WOW. You think you know Lisa's phenomenally stunning work filled with women in moments of down-time in their private world? Think again. There are layers upon LAYERS of art historical references that she cannily interweaves that completely DISRUPTS every painting ever seen through the lens of the male gaze. Lisa is a genius and THE painter of our time.\xa0\n\nRe-appropriating the likes of Millais' Ophelia, or Vallotton's unnamed woman, Lisa immortalises these dismissed women from art history by giving them life, their own personality, feet to stand on, and often half nude with a cigarette in hand.\xa0\n\nWe discuss the exhibition A\xefcha curated at Tate Britain last year, plus Lisa's South African heritage and ties to Trinidad through the colour blue and its many different meanings. We also fan girl her ability to lure viewers into these private\xa0worlds disguised under a thin sheet or curtain, to gaze on these incredibly seductive and surreal women in their private and domestic spaces.\xa0\n\nDO NOT MISS the last week of Lisa's phenomenal exhibition at\xa0Stephen Friedman Gallery which ends THIS SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER!\xa0\n\nWORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE\nNo Bare Back, after Embah, 2017 \u2013\xa0https://bit.ly/2PM4KLiBetween This And That, 2017 \u2013\xa0https://bit.ly/36z4d5d\nMidday Drinking Den, after Embah I, 2017 \u2013 https://bit.ly/2NItSzFAfter Ophelia, 2018 \u2013\xa0https://bit.ly/2PIaSUR\n\nScreen in SFG show\nhttps://www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/current/lisa-brice/1569672547_brice_at_sfg_2019_1-jpg\n\nStephen Friedman Gallery show (until 9 November)\nhttps://www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/current/lisa-brice/\n\nLisa Brice curated by A\xefcha Mehrez at Tate Britain\nhttps://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/lisa-brice\n\nFurther reading\nA\xefcha Mehrez in conversation with Lisa Brice\nhttps://www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/issue-43-summer-2018/lisa-brice-art-now-interview-aicha-mehrez\n\nThank you for listening!! \nThis episode is sponsored by the National Art Pass/ @artfund\nhttps://www.artfund.org/national-art-pass\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nSound editing by @_ellieclifford\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield