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All Representation Is Political: Feminist Art Past and Present.(Critical essay)

Feminist Studies

| September 22, 2008 | Withers, Josephine | COPYRIGHT 2008 Feminist Studies, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE YEAR 2008 IS AN EXHILARATING and challenging moment to be reflecting on feminist art, feminist artists, their impact on our culture, and their place at the table. In the past two years, two major exhibitions circulated in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., museums, assessing the history of Second Wave feminist art and presenting a global view of contemporary art: WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution; and Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art. Judy Chicago's monumental Dinner Party (1979) opened in its now-permanent location at the Brooklyn Museum as the centerpiece of the new Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Both WACK! and Global ...

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