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Feminist Art: Artists
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There are so many different manners in which one can approach feminist art. The subjects covered here are only a start to what is available on this subject matter. Lesbian art, art based on female genitalia, Female Labor, and many more subjects can be examined. All are fascinating, because to see what artists felt in the Victorian period as compared to what artists feel now is a great learning experience. Feminist art has come a long way from the Victorian period, but not yet reached its destination. While freedom of expression is much more available today than it was then, there are still stigmas put on certain art forms and subject matter.
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Feminist explorations of embodiment and the deliberate arousal of disgust as an aesthetic response have at least two kinds of political and philosophical import. First of all, they invert feminine ideals that frame restrictive norms for personal appearance. This can be done humorously, boldly, sadly, aggressively, casually; much depends on the individual work. There are numerous ways to challenge the traditional aesthetic values expected in the female body, with a disturbing emotional effect that makes the audience question those values and their comprehensiveness. In addition, the arousal of disgust often occurs when artists move from consideration of the exterior of the body to its warm, dark, sticky interior where unmentionable substances are kept hidden away. The deliberate cultivation of that which is not pretty but is grossly material is the occasion for presenting some of the utterly taboo aspects of bodies: menstrual blood, excrement, internal organs.
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Artists are encouraged to propose the exhibition of artworks that they believe fit the theme INTERSECTIONALITIES: The Feminist in Art. Each accepted artist will be allowed to exhibit at least one work as long the available exhibition space allows. Artworks will be accepted that fit theme and size restrictions and that correspond to the exhibition restrictions of the space.
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A curious character in the feminist art world, with a life spanning from 1874 to 1970, Romaine Brooks was able to feel the influences from many artists at different levels of progress. A member of a lesbian and bisexual circle of artists in Paris, she depicted her female recliner as a beautifully provocative woman. One might argue that her depiction was in line with the male perception because of her sexuality, but the piece speaks further. It appears that the subject of her piece, Les Azalees Blanches, is interested in something other than the viewer, and her confidence is something unique to Brooks' piece. She took the sexual approach to rival her male peers, not to follow them.
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In many discussions of contemporary art, “feminist” art is a label for work produced during the active phase of second-wave feminism from the later 1960s to about 1980. The term “postfeminist” is now in use for a subsequent generation of artists who pursue some of the ideas and interests of the earlier period. These terms are far from precise, and there are many artists practicing today who continue to identify themselves with the term “feminist.” Perhaps an even larger group does not attend particularly to labels, but their work is so provocative about the subject of gender and sexuality that it has become a focus for feminist interpretation. (The photographic art of Cindy Sherman is a case in point.)
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The Millennium Knickerbocker is offering a Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) package which offers accommodations and two admission tickets to the MCA. Guests can view The Art of Richard Tuttle (through February 4, 2007), featuring a wide array of the artist's work including sculpture, painting, drawing and printmaking. Rates for the MCA package featuring the Tuttle show begin at $129, valid through February 4, 2007. Rates for the MCA package begin at $169, valid through December 31, 2007.
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