Patricia Cronin On Resisting Self and State Censorship As An Artist

About this episode

Madison Beale interviews Patricia Cronin about her artistic journey and the themes of censorship and feminism in her work.

A viral encounter with a bronze sculpture put our host, Madison Beale, in touch with the incomparable interdisciplinary artist Patricia Cronin this year. Today on the Artalogue, Beale sits down down with Cronin to discuss her career trajectory from humble beginnings to a global art world presence as multidisciplinary feminist artist behind Memorial to a Marriage and Shrine for Girls to unpack how a work of art can carry both intimacy and insurgency. Patricia traces her path from a Catholic c...

People in this episode

Host: Madison Beale

Guest: Patricia Cronin

Topics covered

• censorship
• feminism
• artistic expression
• interdisciplinary art
• career trajectory

Keywords

• Patricia Cronin
• censorship
• feminism
• art
• Memorial to a Marriage
• Shrine for Girls
• interdisciplinary artist
• career trajectory

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Memorial to a Marriage, Shrine for Girls

Places: Catholic

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