Women's Work - From feminine arts to Feminist Art

Combining art and feminism, this book re-examines the role of women artists in the history of western art highlighting groundbreaking artists who dared to defy the hierarchy

List of contents

Gee’s Bend Quilters
Maria Martinez
Elsa Schiaparelli
Anni Albers
Lucie Rie
Lenore Tawney
Dorothea Tanning
Louise Bourgeois
Rut Bryk
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Miriam Schapiro
Yayoi Kusama
Faith Ringgold
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Olga de Amaral
Sheila Hicks
Eva Hesse
Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly
Judy Chicago
Judith Scott
Annette Messager
Isabelle de Borchgrave
Dindga McCannon
Cecilia Vicuña
Mrinalini Mukherjee
Polly Apfelbaum
Sarah Lucas
Yin Xiuzhen
Simone Leigh
Billie Zangewa
Otobong Nkanga
Alexandra Kehayoglou
Sarah Zapata
Tschabalala Self
Hannah Hill
More artists to explore 
Bibliography 
Index 
Picture credits 
Acknowledgements
 

About the author

Ferren Gipson is an art historian, writer and presenter. She is the host and producer of the Art Matters podcast, a doctoral researcher at SOAS, University of London and the author of The Ultimate Art Museum (Phaidon). For Women’s Work, Ferren was awarded two Foreword INDIES Book of the Year awards.
 

Summary

A celebration of art traditionally devalued as too domestic or feminine to be taken seriously and the innovative, brilliant artists reclaiming the idea of ‘women’s work’.

Product details

• Authors: FERREN GIPSON, Ferren Gipson
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2022
• EAN: 9780711264656
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-6465-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 245 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 910 g
• Illustrations: 140+ color photos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, ART / Mixed Media, ART / Women Artists, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Textile artworks, Textile artworks: tapestries, hangings & quilts, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks