Art et féminisme

The first major volume to present the rich diversity of art informed by feminism. Includes work by more than 150 artists from the 1960s to the present, from Alice Neel and Eva Hesse to Gillian Wearing and Coco Fusco. A comprehensive survey by Peggy Phelan, leading feminist theorist of contemporary art and performance. Exposes assumptions about gender, politicizing the link between private and public, and stressing the specificity of art marked by gender, race, age and class.

Dedicated to the entire history of feminist artworks on an international scale, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The Art of Feminism charts the birth of the feminist aesthetic and its development over two centuries that have seen profound and fast-paced change in women's lives across the globe. Including over 350 remarkable artworks, ranging from political posters and graphics to stunning and provocative pieces of painting, sculpture, textiles, craft, performance, digital and installation art, the book begins with poster images produced by the Suffrage Atelier in the nineteenth century, moving on to developments of both World Wars before arriving at the `birth' of feminist art in the 1960s. More recent artworks describe the development of feminism from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present day, including examples by Zanele Muholi, Paula Rego, Lenka Clayton, Sethembile Msezane, Andrea Bowers, Tanja Ostojic, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and Zoe Leonard. Other featured artists include Valie Export, Ketty La Rocca, Ewa Partum, Carolee Schneemann, Sanja Ivekovic, Senga Nengudi, Eva Hesse, Lynda Benglis, Suzy Lake, Barbara Kruger, Sophie Calle, Nancy Spero, Marina Abramovic, Mary Kelly, Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold and Sonia Boyce. Edited by Helena Reckitt, with texts by Lucinda Gosling, Hilary Robinson and Amy Tobin, The Art of Feminism also includes a preface by Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate, and a foreword by Xabier Arakistain, former director of del Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea, Spain.

Art et Féminisme transporte le regard du lecteur sur les arts plastiques pratiqués par des femmes artistes, à la lumière de l'élan féministe surgi dans les années soixante jusqu'à nos jours. Parmi les axes de cet ouvrage, sont notamment identifiés les combats et les différences entre les artistes féministes de plusieurs générations, la façon dont ces femmes artistes et critiques ont bouleversé la pensée de l'histoire de l'art et la volonté de démystifier les clichés. Suivant un parcours historique, Art et Féminisme propose une iconographie grandiose de documents photographiques de performances, archives et reproductions d'oeuvres, largement commentées : Myriam Shapiro, Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta, Sophie Calle, Orlan, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Valie Export, parmi bien d'autres, figurent dans ce répertoire.