3rd Feb – 6th May 2024, Turner Contemporary Gallery, Rendezvous, Margate, Kent CT9 1HG

Free entry; reserve a ticket & find out more: Beyond Form at Turner Contemporary

This spring, Turner Contemporary will present Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950 – 1970, a group exhibition presenting abstraction as a radical global language shared by women artists in the twenty years following World War II.

Guest curated by Dr Flavia Frigeri, the exhibition will bring together the works of more than 50 artists to examine how, through abstract forms, materials and modes, women pushed the boundaries of artmaking while tackling seismic cultural, social and political shifts. Comprising over 80 artworks, predominantly sculpture, the exhibition will trace how the language of abstraction developed on a global scale.

The exhibition will include artworks by 3 Polish artists Felicia Leirner, (1904 – 1994), Ewa Pachucka, (1936 – 2020), and Maria Teresa Chojnacka (1931 – 2023).

The fibre art of Maria Teresa Chojnacka and Ewa Pachucka symbolises resistance and liberation from state censorship or monitoring. 

Featuring over a dozen artists, the works included in Beyond Form will map a constellation that speaks to the global, collective language of abstraction that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries through the universal medium of sculpture. 

Curator Dr Flavia Frigeri is an art historian and ‘Chanel Curator for the Collection’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London. At Turner Contemporary the exhibition is realised with Sarah Martin, Head of Exhibitions.

This exhibition is supported by the Polish Cultural Institute in London.

Read more about the Artists on dispaly at Lines of Abstraction in this article from Contemporary Lynx Magazine:

The Abstract Revolution of Female Artists. | Contemporary Lynx – print and online magazine on art & visual culture