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Reinterpreting Women's Stories using the Surreal and the Mythological
Amruta Patil and Karrie Fransman explore the mythological and fantastic aspects of their work and how they've used comics to tell stories from a woman's point of view. All audience members will receive a piece of artwork from the artists.
Authors: Amruta Patil and Karrie FransmanChair: Peggy Hughes
Amruta Patil: A writer and painter Amruta Patil is the author of Kari and Adi Parva, her graphic short stories have appeared in anthologies and magazines around the world. Adi Parva is based on the Mahabharat and the tradition of oral storytellers. Currently Patil is working on Adi Parva's sequel, Sauptik Parva.
Recurring themes in her work include memento mori, sexuality, myth, sustainable living, and the unbroken thread of stories passed down from storyteller to storyteller through the ages
Karrie Fransman: A comic creator whose graphic novel The House That Groaned is published by Random House's Square Peg has created comics for The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Time Out and Psychologies Magazine.
Fransman also makes Comic Apps and sculptures and her work has been exhibited in London, Belgium and Russia. She runs projects at the London Print Studio and House of Illustration. Born in Edinburgh, Karrie now lives in London.
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LocationMcManus Cafe, The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum (View)
Albert Square, Meadowside
Dundee DD1 1DA
United Kingdom
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