Syllabus: Gender and Sex in the Contemporary Art of the Americas (original) (raw)

American Women's Art: Gender from Pre-feminism to Post-feminism

2006

Este ensayo analiza la evolucion del arte americano realizado por mujeres en un periodo que cobre desde las primeras decadas hasta el final del siglo xx. La primera artista que se estudia es Georgia O'Keefe, quien se convirtio en simbolo de la mujer artista y en un modelo a seguir por su relacion con las cuestiones de genero durante la segunda mitad de ese siglo. La fotografa Diane Arbus representa a la generacion prefeminista que aparecio tras las ss Guerra Mundial, mientras que la pintora Judy Chicago fue una pionera de lo que se deonmino como la Segunda Ola Feminista en los anos sesenta. Otras artistas calificadas como posrfeministas a pattir de los anos ochenta, como la escultora Maya Lin, Cindy Shermao y la fotografa Sally Mano, se han manifestado a traves de nuevas sensibilidades en cuanto al genero y han llevado a cabo practicas artisticas diferentes a las generaciones anteriores

Women’s bodies as dominated territories: Intersectionality and performance in contemporary art from Mexico, Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean

Arte, Individuo y Sociedad

Since the 1970s, artists from Central America, Mexico and the Hispanic Caribbean have explored the connection between imperialism and gender violence through innovative artistic proposals. Their research has led them to use the female body as a metaphor for both the invaded geographical territory and the patriarchal incursion into women’s lives. This trend has received little to no attention and it behooves us to understand why it has happened and, more importantly, how the artists are proposing we examine this double violence endured by the women who live or used to live in countries with a colonial present or past. The resulting images are powerful, interesting, and a great contribution to Latin America’s artistic heritage. This study proposes that research yet to be done in other Global areas where colonies has been established, since it is possible that this trend can be understood, not only as an element of the Latin American artistic canon, but also integral to all of non-West...

Introduction to the Dialogues on the Future of Radical Women: Feminism and Latin American Art

Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, 2023

This Dialogues takes the 2017–18 exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 as a starting point to discuss Latin American art today, addressing its history, legacy, and contribution to positive social change through the prism of feminism. Seeking to challenge hegemonic readings of the categories of “Latin America” and “feminism” while reinstating the contribution of Latin American women, Latina/Latinx, and Chicana/Chicanx artists to art and critical thought today, the exhibition Radical Women proposed novel ways of displaying art from the region by embracing multiplicity, attending to the particularity of different contexts, and bringing to the fore common threads of critical and creative practice. Building on that premise, these contributions expand on the original exhibition’s time frame and consider the persistence of feminism and its changing status in Latin American art after 1985. They explore recent artistic practices, curatorial projects, and art historical scholarship; reflect on strategies of display, audience engagement, societal concerns, and epistemological premises; and consider different ways of conceptualizing Latin American and feminist identities, legacies, and genealogies today. By doing so, this Dialogues seeks to enrich and diversify our understanding of past and current practices, as well as highlight the intricate connections and resonances that exist between the two. Contributions by curators (Fajardo-Hill, Rjeille), scholars (Fernández, Lamoni), and artists (Antivilo, Motta) span issues in political activism, ecology, technology, education, genealogy, colonization, heritage, and memory. What emerges is a sense of the field’s present concerns and the ways this is shaping the future direction of feminism in Latin American art and art history.

Sex, Race and Gender: Contemporary Women Artists of Color, the Case of Kara Walker

Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, 2007

This paper deals with the ways women of color in the visual arts express their perceptions of their own sexuality, with the work of Kara Walker as the centerpiece. The work reviews early conceptions of female sexuality, drawing on the history of colonialism and slavery, using tools from various discourses and disciplines including post-colonialism, politics of identities, politics of differences and feminism.

Feminisms and ARTivism in the Americas (20th-21st centuries): Call for Publications in EOLLES Journal.

Feminisms and ARTivism in the Americas (20th-21st centuries), 2018

Women’s movements have a long, diverse history. Yet, the diversity and plurality of these female voices and modes of action have been often occulted. Feminist ARTivists are increasingly expressing their demands across the continent, notably through hip hop or visual arts. We welcome papers on ARTivism and Afro-feminisms, Xicana Feminism, and Indigenous feminism in North, South and Central America.