Performance artist
1946 -
Painter
1503 - c. 1656
Installation artist, silhouettist, painter, print-maker, filmmaker
1969 -
Painter
1907 - 1954
Painter, textile artist
1887 - 1968
Painter
1609 - 1660
Sculptor
1844 - 1907
Performance artist, painter
1939 - 2019
Painter
1844 - 1926
Painter
1898 - 1980
Painter
1673 - 1757
Painter, sculptor, photographer
1887 - 1986
Women Making Art: History, Subjectivity, Aesthetics by
Women have been making art for centuries, yet their work has been seen as secondary or has gone unrecognized altogether. Women Making Art asks why this is so, and what it would take for us to realize the extent of women's extraordinary contribution to the arts. Marsha Meskimmon mobilizes contemporary feminist thinking to reconsider how and why women have made art. She examines work by a wide range of women artists from different cultures and historical periods, including Rebecca Horn, Rachel Whiteread, Shirin Neshat and Maya Lin, emphasizing the diversity of women's art and the importance of differences between women.
There are some specific artistic niches women have come to dominate: textiles, ceramics, and performance art. These can give you an interesting angle beyond the more obvious painters.
Includes weaving, needlework like embroidery and cross-stitch, quilting, and clothing.
sexism
grants
museum collections, exhibitions
art history
representation, acknowledgement
misattribution
textiles, fiber art, weaving, rugs, needlework, embroidery, quilting
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