Prompts for Big Conversations

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    A four-star review in the Scotsman's Visual Arts section by art critic Susan Mansfield who praised the curatorial significance of exhibiting socially engaged practice in a gallery and the meaningful bridging of the social issues of gender, poverty, inequality discussed 12 years ago with the lived experience and social and political context today in the exhibition. 


    “Socially engaged art sometimes struggles to make the leap into a gallery setting. Yet it must if it's to be taken seriously as art and reach a wider audience. Lacy makes the leap looks easy.
    That's why we're still visiting a gallery 12 years later to hear these women having conversations on Brooklyn stoops. That and the fact that the issues they are discussing are as alive as they have ever been. For the lucky students of Duncan of Jordanstone – and anyone else who’s interested–it's a chance to see a textbook example of socially engaged art practice, by one of the best in the business.”

    Period5 Apr 2025

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    • TitlePrompts for Big Conversations
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletThe Scotsman
      Media typePrint
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date5/04/25
      DescriptionA four-star review in the Scotsman's Visual Arts section by art critic Susan Mansfield who praised the curatorial significance of exhibiting socially engaged practice in a gallery and the meaningful bridging of the social issues of gender, poverty, inequality discussed 12 years ago with the lived experience and social and political context today in the exhibition.

      “Socially engaged art sometimes struggles to make the leap into a gallery setting. Yet it must if it's to be taken seriously as art and reach a wider audience. Lacy makes the leap looks easy.
      That's why we're still visiting a gallery 12 years later to hear these women having conversations on Brooklyn stoops. That and the fact that the issues they are discussing are as alive as they have ever been. For the lucky students of Duncan of Jordanstone – and anyone else who’s interested–it's a chance to see a textbook example of socially engaged art practice, by one of the best in the business.”
      Producer/AuthorSusan Mansfield
      URLhttps://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-reviews-suzanne-lacy-say-no-gareth-fisher-5061056
      PersonsSophia Yadong Hao
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