Women in Visual Art: October 2014

Lecture Images for October 31

Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Nets Yellow

1960

Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Mirror Room

1965

Yayoi Kusama

Accumulation No. 2

1962

Yoko Ono

Cut Piece

1964

Miriam Schapiro

Anatomy of a Kimono

1976

Lynda Benglis

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1974

Sylvia Sleigh

Paul Rosano Reclining

1973

Sylvia Sleigh

Turkish Bath

1973

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Turkish Bath

1862

Ida Applebroog

Sure I’m Sure

1978

Ida Applebroog

Vagina Drawing: Group A, #9

c. 1969 (Not shown until 2009

Ida Applebroog

Vagina Drawing: Group C #8

c. 1969 (Not shown until 2009)

Carolee Schneemann

Interior Scroll

1975

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1979

Terms of the Day for October 31

The Feminist Art Movement – a term which refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experiences, as well as to change the foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art. It also sought to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice.
Installation Art – an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space, generally an interior space.
Performance Art – a term that refers to a performance presented to an audience, traditionally using interdisciplinary arts. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work.
The Female Gaze – a deliberate appropriation of the “Male Gaze” that takes the common tropes of how women have been historically portrayed in art and applies them to depictions of men.

Yoko Ono's "Cut Piece"

Video footage shot during Yoko Ono's Cut Piece performance:

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman

This is an interesting item that has come across the internet lately. A woman decided to video what happens to her when she walks quietly for 10 hours on the streets of New York City. Here are the results:

Then, Funny or Die decided to do their satirical take on this by switching things up and creating a video called "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man". They obviously made this to show their support for the woman in the original video by exaggerating the privilege that men have in a patriarchal society:

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man - watch more funny videos

Lecture Images for October 29

Louise Bourgeois

Femme-Maison (Woman-House)

c. 1946-47

Louise Bourgeois

Femme-Maison

1994

Louise Bourgeois

Fillette

1968

Jae Jarrell

Revolutionary Suit

1970

Faith Ringgold

Flag for the Moon: Die Nigger

1969

Faith Ringgold

Die

1969

Betye Saar

The Liberation of Aunt Jemima

1972

Tony Smith

Free Ride

1962

Donald Judd

Untitled

1969

Donald Judd

Stack

1971

Dan Flavin

Diagonal of May 25, 1963

1963

Eva Hesse

Hang Up

1966

Eva Hesse

Accession II

1967

Jackie Winsor

Bound Grid

1971-72

Michelle Stuart

Niagara II

1976

Michelle Stuart

Water Path/Flower Mountain

1976

Alice Aycock

Maze

1972

Terms of the Day for October 29

The African-American Civil Rights Movement – a collection of social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. The movement was most active during a period from 1955-68.
Protest Art – a broad term that refers to creative works that concern or are produced by activists and social movements.
AfriCOBRA – (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) a collective of African American artists in Chicago that specifically took on the goal of creating a new revolutionary black aesthetic.
Minimalism - a movement in various forms of art and design where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features and often used industrial materials and processes.
Postminimalism - a term used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of minimalism. The term refers less to a particular movement than an artistic tendency.