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This is a list of feminist artists. The list includes artists who have played a role in the feminist art movement which largely stemmed from second-wave feminism . [ 1 ]
Feminist art is a category of art associated with the feminist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. Feminist art highlights the societal and political differences women experience in their lives. The goal of this art form is to bring a positive and understanding change to the world, leading to equality or liberation. [1]
Feminist scholar, author; women's movement, lesbian culture, and women's music historian: 1940–1999: Laura Mulvey: United Kingdom: 1941 – 1940–1999: Sally Rowena Munt: United Kingdom: 1960 – Feminist academic and lesbian theorist, author of Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identity and Cultural Space (1998) 1940–1999: Jenni Murray: United ...
The feminist art movement in the 1980s and 1990s built upon the foundations laid by earlier feminist art movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Feminist artists throughout this time period aimed to question and undermine established gender roles, confront issues of gender injustice, and give voice to women's experiences in the arts and society at large.
This category lists artists in the visual arts who have expressed support for feminism. Some of the people listed here are involved in the feminist art movement and/or have created feminist works. NOTE: Feminist musicians, formerly included in this category, are being transferred to Category:Feminist musicians. Please help by moving remaining ...
The Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s, within the second wave of feminism, "was a major watershed in women's history and the history of art" and "the personal is political" was its slogan. [ 4 ] Key activities
The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and ...
Pages in category "American feminist artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .