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Fertile Ground - Argentea Gallery, Birmingham
Barbara Gibson and Mark Murphy

11th January – 9th February 2019

This year’s Fertile Ground focuses on two of the best Birmingham artists who are at the vanguard of contemporary collage.

Barbara Gibson uses vintage images from mid-twentieth century magazines to create socially engaged pieces that reflect upon gender issues. Her work can be read as a non-narrative celebration of historical female inconography or as insightful observations around a woman’s role in modern society. The female body in all of its guises is a key feature of her work, an allusion used to endorse the idea of progressive women subverting deep-rooted expectations.