Art monsters : unruly bodies in feminist art
Elkin, Lauren2023
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Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it? Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, 'Art Monsters' is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body, calling attention to a radical heritage of feminist work that not only reacts against patriarchy but redefines its own aesthetic aims. Lauren Elkin demonstrates her power as a cultural critic, weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers - from Julia Margaret Cameron's photography to Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits to Eva Hesse's rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann's body art to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's trilingual masterpiece DICTEE - and shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.
Main title:
Art monsters : unruly bodies in feminist art / Lauren Elkin.
Author:
Elkin, Lauren, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.
Collation:
xii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781784742935 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
704.042743.4743.4 ELKI
Language:
English
BRN:
2607005