Lisette May Monroe Returns with 'Hard Lines' After Decade-Long Hiatus
After taking a decade off from making art, Lisette May Monroe is back with her first solo show, 'Hard Lines,' at the new Gulabi gallery in Glasgow's Southside. Running as part of Glasgow International 2024, the exhibition features a variety of artistic forms like video, sculpture, photography, collage, textiles, and even a paperback reader. Monroe's work reflects her experiences with a painful breakup and an early menopause diagnosis in 2024, along with her ongoing struggles with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Key pieces include billboard jewelry from her ex-partner, a film inspired by a locket that appeared after their split, and references to kitchen sink dramas. Monroe also highlights the need for menopause discussions, linking it to themes of hysteria and desirability, and includes an interview with Hannah Proctor and poetry by Rachel Allen.
Key facts
- Lisette May Monroe's first solo exhibition in a decade, titled 'Hard Lines'.
- Exhibition at Gulabi's new gallery in Glasgow's Southside during Glasgow International 2024.
- Monroe worked as an art critic for Frieze and The Guardian and co-directed Rosie's Disobedient Press.
- Show was influenced by a breakup and early onset menopause diagnosis in 2024, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
- Includes video, sculpture, photography, collage, textile works, and a paperback reader.
- Billboard works feature jewelry left by her ex-partner, reflecting themes of visibility and shame.
- A film based on a locket that appeared months after the affair was discovered.
- Monroe emphasizes revenge as refusing shame, not punishment.
- Menopause is framed through hysteria and desirability of youth.
- Kitchen sink dramas referenced for domestic horror and concealment.
Entities
Artists
- Lisette May Monroe
- Hatty Nestor
- Hannah Proctor
- Rachel Allen
- Adrien Howard
Institutions
- Gulabi
- Frieze
- The Guardian
- Rosie's Disobedient Press
- Glasgow International
Locations
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
- Glasgow's Southside