Inside Other Spaces

At the intersection of art, architecture and design, environments

create and transform space into an immersive experience,

inviting the audience to engage and interact. So far,

art history has been focused on the works of male artists

mostly from the US and Europe. Inside Other Spaces. Environments

by Women Artists 1956-1976 aims to signpost

a different narrative by highlighting women's fundamental

contributions to this field. Redefining the canon, the

exhibition features 11 pioneering women artists from three

generations, spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas: Judy

Chicago, Lygia Clark, Laura Grisi, Aleksandra Kasuba, Lea

Lublin, Marta Minujín, Tania Mouraud, Maria Nordman,

Nanda Vigo, Faith Wilding und Tsuruko Yamazaki. Given the

experimental nature of such environments, many of these

original works were dismantled or destroyed. The detailed

reconstructions and replicas, which are carried out with

the help of restorers and based on archival photographs,

construction plans, and material lists, are in many cases

presented here for the first time.

Conceived as a foundational research on the historiography

of environments, the publication comprises a wealth of

material shaping, mapping and illustrating the storyline(s)

of the notion, and provides leading scholars' essays and

extensive bibliographies focused on individual artists and

environments exhibited in the show.