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Feminist avant-garde : art of the 1970s : Verbund collection, Vienna
Abstract
Now available again in an expanded edition and featuring a variety of work from artists both well-known and under the radar, this volume explores the pioneering achievements of the Feminist Avant-Garde.For art history, the 1970s represent the beginning of women subverting culturally and socially established constructions and traditional norms. [...] Second-wave feminism, with its slogan “The personal is political”, challenged the one-dimensional roles assigned to women—mother, housewife, and spouse.
During this period, women artists radically questioned their duties and created a plurality of self-determined representations of themselves. Rejecting traditional male-dominated techniques, such as painting, these artists made use of new media, such as photography, film, video, and performance. The outcome was artwork which was radical, poetic, ironic, bitter, cynical, and heartfelt [Fonte: sito editore].