Whitechapel Gallery London, Terrains of the Body, photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington USA

 

Hellen van Meene, Untitled (79), (2000), detail

Opening next week and running until April 16, Terrains of the Body is drawn from the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, U.S.). This collection showcases photography and video work by seventeen contemporary artists from around the world.
By turning their camera to women, including themselves, these artists embrace the female body as a vital medium for storytelling, expressing identity and reflecting individual and collective experience.
The exhibition features work by: Marina Abramović, Rineke Dijkstra, Anna Gaskell, Nan Goldin, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Candida Höfer, Icelandic Love Corporation, Mwangi Hutter, Kirsten Justesen, Justine Kurland, Nikki S. Lee, Hellen van Meene, Shirin Neshat, Daniela Rossell, Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, Janaina Tschäpe and Adriana Varejão.

You can go to the Whitechapel Gallery website HERE. And if you're in London there is still time to catch the stunning Willam Kentridge show which closes this coming Sunday the 15th