After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art--Revised and Expanded Edition - Softcover

Eleanor Heartney; Helaine Posner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791347551 ISBN 13: 9783791347554

Publisher: Prestel, 2013

Synopsis

"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in an intentionally provocative 1971 essay. Thirty-five years later, her insightful institutional critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the strides made by women artists since the advent of the feminist movement and assess the changes that have occurred in their critical reception, commercial appeal, and institutional support. Following a comprehensive essay which looks back at the recent history of women artists, the authors examine in depth the careers of an international selection of artists - Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Ellen Gallagher, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Murray, Shirin Neshat, Judy Pfaff, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero - and each artist's accomplishments and her influence on contemporaries and on younger men and women artists. A preface by Nochlin reconsiders her provocative question and an introduction with extensive statistical documentation of how women artists' situation has changed, frame this compelling and fascinating work.

About this title

About the Author:

ELEANOR HEARTNEY is a contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress. Her books include Art and Today and Postmodern Heretics: The Catholic Imagination in Contemporary Art.

From the Inside Flap:

Now available in a revised and fully updated edition, this book examines the rise of women artists in the late 20th century, viewed through the work of 12 key figures. Following a comprehensive essay that looks back at the recent history of women artists, the authors examine the careers of an international selection of artists--Marina Abramovic', Louise Bourgeois, Ellen Gallagher, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Murray, Shirin Neshat, Judy Pfaff, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero--considering each figure's accomplishments and her influence on contemporaries and younger artists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3791347551
• ISBN 13: 9783791347554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352