Anti-Glamour: Portraits of Women features photographic and video portraits by artists who address issues of female representation. Works by Marie Le Mounier, Katherine Lannin, Rebecca Belmore, Ange Leccia, Gunilla Josephson, Jo Spence and Leila Zahiri offer a contemporary counterpoint to the traditional standards that have shaped female identity. These projects range from ironic appropriation of attractive femmes fatales conjured by the film industry, to empowered bare-breasted figures proudly confronting the viewer. The works on view offer an alternative to imagery that often reduces women’s individuality to a recurrent iconography of vulnerability and seduction.

Image: Marie Le Mounier, Angel, mural installation detail), Ryerson Image Centre, 2015

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Opening:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 6 8 PM

RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE

33 GOULD STREET

Glamorous attire welcome!

Please contact us if we can make any accommodations to ensure your inclusion in this event.

The RIC gratefully acknowledges the support of our media sponsors for Burn with Desire: Toronto Life, FASHION Magazine and Toronto Star.