Ground-breaking exhibition of feminist art hits L.A.
Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution, a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, is a must-see for anyone interested in the effects of feminist art on much of what is now called postmodern art. According to Holland Cotter writing in the New York Times, “Feminist art, which emerged in the 1960s with the women’s movement, is the formative art of the last four decades. Scan the most innovative work, by both men and women, done during that time, and you’ll find feminism’s activist, expansionist, pluralistic trace. Without it, identity-based art, crafts-derived art, performance art, and much political art would not exist in the form it does, if it existed at all.”
The show presents works by an international list of 119 artists, most represented by work from the early 1970s. Works on display range from figure painting to fabric sculpture to video and performance art. It’s a fascinating historical survey as well as an enticing look at the ongoing influence of feminism on art and culture in general.
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