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1970s Feminist Art
Chief Concerns of Feminists in the 1970s
• Gain full social and economic equality • Reveal and question society's definition of
women's roles• To disclose the cultural construction of the
body• To examine the natural processes of the body
that have long been disregarded by western culture
• To express (finally) the woman's identity
Sylvia Sleigh. The Turkish Bath. 1973. Butler, Cornelia. WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution. Los Angeles:
The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007.
Remember Ingres Turkish Bath from the last voicethread activity?
Marina Abramovic “I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.” - Marina Abramovic
What is the point of this type of art?
The Feminist Art Program was an experiment in
teaching
Participants engaged in consciousness raising
sessions
Collaboration was encouraged with the intention
of forming a community
Only women allowed in the classroom and studio
Sheet Closet. 1972.http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home/images/Sheet_Closet.jpg
Womanhouse 1972
theme was women's work
aimed to "search out and reveal the female experience...the dreams and fantasies of women as they sewed, cooked, washed and ironed away their
lives." - Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago. The Dinner Party. 1974 - 79.
• "Because we are denied knowledge of our history, we are deprived of standing upon each other's shoulders and build upon each other's hard earned accomplishments. Instead we are condemned to repeat what others have done before and thus we continually reinvent the wheel. The goal of The Dinner Party is to break this cycle."
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Ana Mendieta, The Rape 1970s
Silueta Series
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/antoni/index.html
Janine ANTONI , please enter Below on hyperlink to view her Very, very interesting video.
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