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Renegotiating the body : feminist art in 1970s London

Title
Renegotiating the body : feminist art in 1970s London / Kathy Battista.
Author
Battista, Kathy.
Publication
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.

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xiii, 207 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
What makes art 'feminist art'? There can be no essential feminist aesthetic, argues Kathy Battista in this exciting new art history, although feminist artists do have a unique aesthetic. Domesticity, the body, its traces, and sexuality have become prominent strands in contemporary feminist practice but where did these preoccupations begin and how did they come to signify a particular type of art? Kathy Battista's (re- ) engagement with the founding generation of female practitioners centres on 1970s London as the cultural hub from which a new art practice arose. Emphasizing the importance of artists including Bobby Baker, Anne Bean, Catherine Elwes, Rose English, Alexis Hunter, Hannah O'Shea and Kate Walker, and examining works such as Mary Kelly's "Post-Partum Document", Judy Clark's 1973 exhibition Issues and Cosey Fanni Tutti's "Prostitution", shown in 1976, Kathy Battista investigates some of the most controversial and provocative art from the era.
Subject
  • Feminism and art > London > History > 20th century
  • Feminism in art
  • Women artists > London > History > 20th century
  • Art, British > 20th century > Themes, motives
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index.
Contents
Feminism and conceptual practice -- The body and performance art -- Alternative spaces for feminist art -- Feminist themes in contemporary practice.
Call Number
JQE 13-419
ISBN
  • 1848859619 (pbk.)
  • 9781848859616 (pbk.)
  • 9781848859050 (hardcback) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1848859058 (hardcback) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2012474389
OCLC
  • 747008395
  • 747008395
Author
Battista, Kathy.
Title
Renegotiating the body : feminist art in 1970s London / Kathy Battista.
Imprint
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index.
Research Call Number
JQE 13-419
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