Suzanne Lacy: Cleaning Conditions and Uncertain Futures at Manchester Art Gallery

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Suzanne Lacy: Cleaning Conditions and Uncertain Futures

Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre
24 June-31 December 2021

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Suzanne Lacy: Cleaning Conditions and Uncertain Futures at Manchester Art Gallery
Suzanne Lacy: Cleaning Conditions
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This exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery brings together two of Suzanne Lacy’s Manchester projects: Cleaning Conditions and her new collaborative work Uncertain Futures, which explores paid and unpaid work for women over 50 focusing on gender, age, race disability and class.

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