Wilson Museum Presents “Susan King: Chronicles of a Southern Feminist”

Wilson Museum Presents “Susan King: Chronicles of a Southern Feminist”

Fine Arts

January 3, 2018

Wilson Museum Presents “Susan King: Chronicles of a Southern Feminist” Wilson Museum Logo

The work of pioneering feminist artist Susan King is the subject of a new exhibition at Hollins University’s Eleanor D. Wilson Museum.

“Susan King: Chronicles of a Southern Feminist” is on display in the museum’s Ballator-Thompson Gallery, January 4 – April 8.

Known both for her writing and her skillful bookmaking, King moved to Southern California in the 1970s to be part of the experimental Feminist Studio Workshop and taught one of the first Women and Art courses in the United States at the University of New Mexico in 1973. She went on to become the studio director of the Women’s Graphic Center at the Woman’s Building. King has since returned to her southern roots, and much of her work is influenced by southern oral tradition and history. In addition to writing about place, she continues to create books and ephemera in her home studio in Lexington, Kentucky, and lectures, teaches workshops, and completes artist residencies at art centers and universities throughout the country.

King’s work is in major collections including the Harvard University Library; The Getty Center Research Institute Library and the Otis College of Art and Design Library in Los Angeles; the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris; New York’s Museum of Modern Art Library; and the Victoria and Albert Museum Library in London.

Admission to the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum is always free and open to the public.