Flesh after Fifty: Changing images of older women in Art

Publication Details Soft cover, A4, 59 pp., 29 image plates. ISBN: 978-0-646-81626-5

Author and/or Editor name/s Lead curator: Jane Scott; Introduction: Kirsty Grant; Essays by Catherine Speck, Kate McNeil and Elvis Richardson

Year of Publication 2021

Publisher fleshafterfifty.com

Abstract ‘Flesh after Fifty’ challenges and changes views of older women in new and innovative ways through an engagement with the arts. The exhibition and supporting essays explore many aspects of what it means to be a mature woman, celebrating diversity and recognising the beauty and strength that comes with ageing. The exhibition catalogue stimulates a new narrative about older women, presenting the reality of their bodies with respect, humour, and warmth, and challanges negative assumptions and attitudes.