DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
FEMINIST ART AND THEORY
Wednesdays EB217, 2:30-5:20 pm
Course
description: This course will address ways in which feminist theory
concerning gender has affected the visual arts since the early 20th century,
with an emphasis on second- and third-wave feminist thought since World War II.
Students will explore influences upon the ways Western culture has defined art
and artists in gendered terms, consider how gender is relevant to the creation
and study of arts and culture, and the socio-cultural factors influencing gender
and sexuality in the arts, and be encouraged to adopt a critical perspective
regarding the arts, gender, and culture.
Art in the news:
NEW!
New translation of The Second Sex inspires Guardian critic to
revisit "women's writing"
Grand Arts
opens Ecstatic Resistance, with work that rethinks feminist protest
New
York Times evaluates the progress and problems of women behind the movie cameras
[NYT
critic Manohla Dargis takes off the gloves on her above article in Jezebel
interview]
Lady Gaga finally outs herself as a feminist?
Australian scholar shares her classroom discussions of feminism and youth
Chicago exhibition
explores "visual resistance in feminist art movements"
Brand-new book explores the complex history of women at the Bauhaus
Bauhaus ceramist Margarete Heymann a reminder of sexism's effects on art history
Transgender teens challenge legality of high-school dress codes across U.S.
Very funny perspective on porn's influence on contemporary sex from Salon
LTTR's K8 Hardy discusses her nutty feminist fashion photography
[Go to Reena Spaulings Fine
Art website for K8 Hardy's work]
Journalist Joanne Lipman's take on women and work in the current economy
Second-wave art pioneer Nancy Spero dies at age 83
Interview with Sam Taylor-Wood, at work on a full-length film
TIME magazine considers "The State of the American Woman"
Barbara Ehrenreich takes on the latest "happiness study" for women
British
"op-art" painter Bridget Riley receives retrospective in England
[Go to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool website for information and video
interview]
Debate rages surrounding an archive of Frida Kahlo's work and documents
Interview with French artist Sophie Calle
The
Guardian muses over the feminist appeal of Brigitte Bardot on her 75th birthday
Feministing.com
community discusses the "female warriors" in recent popular film
Whitney Museum exhibition explores Georgia O'Keeffe's abstraction
NYTimes discusses the history and recent retreads of the feminist
horror film
Frieze magazine
reviews Grace Jones' new tour as her "feminist manifesto"
Interview with artist Paula Rego in The Guardian
Performance artist Orlan walks London's The Guardian through her wild
career
Pompidou Center opens elles@centrepompidou to showcase its collection of
contemporary women artists
[Go
to the Pompidou's elles@centrepompidou website]
Lecture links:
NEW!
Read the New York Times Magazine feature on studies of female sexuality
The female gaze? Watch Sophie Muller's Kings of Leon Use Somebody video
Race rant from Do The
Right Thing [1989]
Gloria Steinem on being a
"groovy chick" in 1968