Join us to launch our upcoming exhibition Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice.
Shape brings its landmark Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice exhibition to Leicester, fresh from its presentation at the world-renowned Venice Biennale 2024. The Disability Arts Movement aligned art with the fight for rights, broke barriers, and ultimately affected changes in UK law, while making great art about doing so.
Shown during the 60th Venice Biennale, the exhibition is a joyous and exuberant celebration of the Disability Arts Movement, showcasing its dynamism, wit, and grandeur. The exhibition reclaims historical slurs 'Crip Arte Spazio' in an unflinching explosion of huge protest banners, cartoon panels, large-scale projected artist films, photography, graphic novels, and campaign merchandise.
The title Crip Arte Spazio, translated as Crip Art Space, plays on Italian words while reclaiming slurs disabled people have historically and continue to face. We fully support the curators, artists and disabled people in the reclamation of these words.
Drinks will be available throughout the night. Free for all with booking required.
Tel: 01162 522455
Exhibition Launch: Crip Arte Spazio (13 Feb 2025) | ||
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Thursday | 17:00 | - 19:00 |
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