Feminist Art

Issues in Intermedia

Collins

Spring 2014

Feminist CalArts Program

Womanhouse (Womanhouse: Bridal Staircase, Nurturant Kitchen, Sheet Closet)

Los Angeles, California

1971installation

Feminist CalArts Program

Womanhouse (Menstruation Bathroom)

Los Angeles, California

1971installation

Eleanor Antin

Carving: A Traditional Sculpture

1972148 gelatin-silver photographs and text paneleach photograph 7 x 5 in.

Carolee Schneeman

Interior Scroll

1975photographs of performance and scroll text48 x 72 in.

Carolee Schneeman

Interior Scroll

1975 photographs of performance and scroll text48 x 72 in.

I MET A HAPPY MANA STRUCTURALIST FILMMAKER--BUT DON’T CALL ME THATIT’S SOMETHING I DO--HE SAID WE ARE FOND OF YOUYOU ARE CHARMINGBUT DON’T ASK US TO LOOKAT YOUR FILMSWE CANNOTTHERE ARE CERTAIN FILMSWE CANNOT LOOK AT:THE PERSONAL CLUTTERTHE PERSISTENCE OF FEELINGSTHE HAND-TOUCH SENSIBILITYTHE DIARISTIC INDULGENCETHE PAINTERLY MESSTHE DENSE GESTALTTHE PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES

(I DON’T TAKE THE ADVICEOF MEN WHO ONLY TALK TOTHEMSELVES)

PAY ATTENTION TO CRITICALAND PRACTICAL FILM LANGUAGEIT EXISTS FOR AND IN ONLYONE GENDER

HE SAID YOU CAN DO AS I DOTAKE ONE CLEAR PROCESSFOLLOW ITS STRICTESTIMPLICATIONS INTELLECTUALLYESTABLISH A SYSTEM OFPERMUTATIONS ESTABLISHTHEIR VISUAL SET

I SAID MY FILM IS CONCERNEDWITH DIET AND DIGESTION

VERY WELL HE SAID THEN WHYTHE TRAIN?

THE TRAIN IS DEATH AS THEREIS DIE IN DIET AND DI INDIGESTION

Carolee Schneeman

Interior Scroll

1975 photographs of performance and scroll text48 x 72 in.

THEN YOU ARE BACK TO METAPHORSAND MEANINGS MY WORK HAS NOMEANNING BEYOND THE LOGIC OFITS SYSTEMS I HAVE DONE AWAYWITH EMOTION INTUITION INSPIR-ATION SPONTINEITY -- AGGRAND-IZED HABITS WHICH SET ARTISTSAPART FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE -THOSE UNCLEAR TENDENCIES WHICHARE INFLICTED FOR VIEWERS…

IT’S TRUE WHEN I WATCH YOURFILMS MY MIND WANDERS FREELYDURING THE HALF HOUR OFPULSING DITS I DREAM OF MYLOVER WRITE A GROCERY LISTRUMMAGE THROUGH THE TRUNK FOR AMISSING SWEATER PLAN THE DRAIN-AGE PIPES FOR THE ROOT CELLAR-- IT IS PLEASANT NOT TO BE MANIPULATED

HE PROTESTED YOU ARE UNABLE TOAPPRECIATE THE SYSTEM THE GRIDTHE NUMERICAL RATIONALPROCEDURES --THE PYTHAGOREANCUES

I SAW MY FAILINGS WERE WORTHYOF DISMISSAL I’D BE BURIEDALIVE MY WORKS LOST…

HE SAID WE COULD BE FRIENDSEQUALLY THO WE ARE NOT ARTISTSEQUALLY

I SAID WE CANNOT BE FRIENDSEQUALLY AND WE CANNOT BE ARTISTSEQUALLY

HE TOLD ME HE HAD LIVED WITHA “SCULPTRESS” I ASKED DOESTHAT MAKE ME A FILM-MAKERESS?

OH NO HE SAID WE THINK OF YOUAS A DANCER

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1974-79various media48 ft. each side

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1974-79various media48 ft. each side

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1974-79various media48 ft. each side

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1974-79various media48 ft. each side

Judy Chicago

The Dinner Party

1974-79various media48 ft. each side

Miriam Schapiro

Anatomy of a Kimono (section)

1976fabric and acrylic on canvas6 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 6 in.

Ana Mendieta

Flowers on Body

1973earth/body work with flowers, executed at El Yaagul, Oaxaca, Mexico

Barbara Kruger

Untitled

1981

Barbara Kruger

Untitled

1981

Barbara Kruger

Untitled

1983photostat and red painted frame6 ft. 1 in x 4 ft. 1 in.

Annegret Soltau

transgenerativ 79

1998photo collage with thread52 x 98.5 cm

Guerrilla Girls

Guerrilla Girls

The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist

1988poster

Cindy Sherman

Untitled #54

1979gelatin-silver print8 x 10 in.

Cindy Sherman

Untitled #55

1979gelatin-silver print8 x 10 in.

Cindy Sherman

Untitled #209

1989type-C print57 x 41 in.

Pussy Riot

Guerilla performance

Russian Orthodox Church

2012

Pussy Riot members perform their "punk prayer" protest inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 21, 2012.

Malena Barnhart

Please Tell Me

YouTube project

2011-2012

Samantha Aasen

Garden

Digital print

2014