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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
This powerful and insightful work offers a bold celebration of the innovative, brilliant artists reclaiming the idea of ‘women’s work’.
In the history of western art, decorative and applied arts – including textiles and ceramics – have been separated from the ‘high arts’ of painting and sculpture and deemed to be more suitable for women. Artists began to reclaim and redefine these materials and methods, energizing them with expressions of identity and imagination.
Women’s Work tells the story of this radical change, highlighting some of the modern and contemporary artists who dared to defy this hierarchy and who, through, experimentation and invention, transformed their medium.
The work of these women has helped underscore the ongoing value of these art forms within the history of art, championing ‘women’s work’ as powerful mediums worthy of celebration.
With biographical entries on each artist featured, as well as beautiful images of their artworks, Women's Work raises up the work of these visionary and groundbreaking artists, telling their stories and examining their artistic legacies.
