At the intersection of art, architecture and design, environmentscreate 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 artistsmostly from the US and Europe. Inside Other Spaces. Environmentsby Women Artists 1956-1976 aims to signposta different narrative by highlighting women's fundamentalcontributions to this field. Redefining the canon, theexhibition features 11 pioneering women artists from threegenerations, spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas: JudyChicago, Lygia Clark, Laura Grisi, Aleksandra Kasuba, LeaLublin, Marta Minujín, Tania Mouraud, Maria Nordman,Nanda Vigo, Faith Wilding und Tsuruko Yamazaki. Given theexperimental nature of such environments, many of theseoriginal works were dismantled or destroyed. The detailedreconstructions and replicas, which are carried out withthe help of restorers and based on archival photographs,construction plans, and material lists, are in many casespresented here for the first time.
Conceived as a foundational research on the historiographyof environments, the publication comprises a wealth ofmaterial shaping, mapping and illustrating the storyline(s)of the notion, and provides leading scholars' essays andextensive bibliographies focused on individual artists andenvironments exhibited in the show.