Hello!
On Sunday 5th March, I am hosting my dream in-conversation with special thanks to the International Society for the Study of Surrealism. Book your free tickets here.
Fifty years ago, Slinger was preparing for the opening of her second ever exhibition. Titled Opening, the exhibition at Angela Flowers Gallery, London, married eroticism with food. It was at Opening that the world was exposed to Slinger’s ‘Bride’s Cake', a 1973 performance piece exhibited in photographic form, and not everybody was ready for it. A provocation on the institution of marriage, and the rituals which accompany the transfer of patriarchal power, 'Bride's Cake' is characteristic of Slinger's art in that it positions her own body as a protest.
This illustrated in-conversation event will explore the significance of 'Bride's Cake' for the wider feminist movement, as well as investigate its curatorial presentation from the 1970s to the twenty-first century. Beyond the exhibition space, Slinger has furthered ‘Bride’s Cake’ into new and unchartered territories through the means of cut and paste, and digital, collage. From the vantage point of 'Bride's Cake', Slinger and I will discuss how the artist's subject matter and media continue to evolve in the present day.
I hope to see you there,
Rachel x