Art of Feminism
Subtitle: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: Oct 23, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781452169927
Description: Since its inception, the women's movement has harnessed the power of the image to transmit its message. From the posters of the Suffrage Atelier, to the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Featuring more than 350 works of art, illustration, photography, performance, graphic design, and publlic protest, this stunning volume showcases the vibrancy and daring of the feminist aesthetic over the last 150 years.

Featured artists include: Beyonce, Louise Bourgeois, Andrea Bowers, Judy Chicago, Vanessa German, Jenny Holzer, Frida Kahlo, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Sethembile Msezane, Zanele Muholi, Shirin Neshat, Pussy Riot.
Notes: Source title: Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017 (Art History Books, Feminist Books, Photography Gifts for Women, Women in History Books)