Mills College Art Lecture Series | Lilly McElroy

Lilly McElroy is a photographer and performance artist who uses humor and the absurd to pick apart ideas of culturally sanctified space. Employing performance, video art, photography, and sculpture, McElroy often bluntly enacts turns of phrase, as in her series "I Throw Myself at Men" and "California's Full of Whisky, Women, and Gold." Through a feminist lens, she examines both the mythos of American West as well as gendered expectations for intimacy and personal space. Lilly received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She has participated in numerous exhibitions which include solo exhibitions in New York and Chicago as well as international group exhibitions in Chile, Finland, and the UK. McElroy currently lives and works in Kansas City.

Danforth Lecture Hall
7:00-8:00pm
followed by a light reception

This event is generously supported by the Herringer Graduate Lecture Series.

Image:
I throw myself at men #12
Archival Inkjet Print
30 x 40 "
Image courtesy of the Artist and Rick Wester Fine Art