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.