Preface x
Acknowledgements and Sources xii
Introduction: Feminism-Art-Theory: Towards a (Political) Historiography 1
1 Overviews 8
Introduction 8
1.1 Gender in/of Culture 12
* Valerie Solanas, 'Scum Manifesto' (1968) 12
* Shulamith Firestone, '(Male) Culture' (1970) 13
* Sherry B. Ortner, 'Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?' (1972) 17
* Carolee Schneemann, 'From Tape no. 2 for Kitch's Last Meal'(1973) 26
1.2 Curating Feminisms 28
* Cornelia Butler, 'Art and Feminism: An Ideology of Shifting Criteria' (2007) 28
* Xabier Arakistain, 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 86 Steps in 45 Years of Art and Feminism' (2007) 33
* Mirjam Westen, 'rebelle: Introduction' (2009) 35
2 Activism and Institutions 44
Introduction 44
2.1 Challenging Patriarchal Structures 51
* Women's Ad Hoc Committee/Women Artists in Revolution/WSABAL, 'To the Viewing Public for the 1970 Whitney Annual Exhibition' (1970) 51
* Monica Sjoeoe, 'Art is a Revolutionary Act' (1980) 52
* Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist' (1988) 54
* Mary Beth Edelson, 'Male Grazing: An Open Letter to Thomas McEvilley' (1989) 54
* Lubaina Himid, 'In the Woodpile: Black Women Artists and the Modern Woman' (1990) 60
* Jerry Saltz, 'Where the Girls Aren't' (2006) 62
* East London Fawcett, 'The Great East London Art Audit' (2013) 64
2.2 Towards Feminist Structures 66
* WEB (West-East Coast Bag), 'Consciousness-Raising Rules' (1972) 66
* Women's Workshop, 'A Brief History of the Women's Workshop of the Artist's Union 1972-1973' (c. 1973) 67
* Martha Rosler, 'Well, is the Personal Political?' (1980) 68
* Lucy Lippard, 'Trojan Horses: Activist Art and Power' (1984) 69
* Anne Marsh, 'A Theoretical and Political Context' (1985) 79
* Xabier Arakistain et al., ARCO Manifesto: 'Politics of Equality between Men and Women in the Art World' (2005) 85
* Parliament of Spain, 'Article 26: Equality in Artistic and Intellectual Creation and Production' (2007) 86
2.3 Activism in Practice 88
* Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 'Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969!' (1969) 88
* Leslie Labowitz-Starus and Suzanne Lacy, 'In Mourning and in Rage ...' (1978) 91
* Zoe Leonard, 'I Want a President' (1992) 95
* Andrea Fraser, 'There's No Place like Home' (2012) 96
* Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 'Opening Courtroom Statement by Nadya' (2013) 102
2.4 Education 106
* Miriam Schapiro, 'The Education of Women as Artists: Project Womanhouse' (1972) 106
* Lisa Tickner, 'Retrospect' (2008) 107
* Griselda Pollock, 'Opened, Closed and Opening: Reflections on Feminist Pedagogy in a UK University' (2010) 114
* Lisa Nyberg and Johanna Gustavsson, 'Radical Pedagogy' (2011) 124
3 Historical and Critical Practices 129
Introduction 129
3.1 Interrogating 'Art History' 134
* Linda Nochlin, 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' (1971) 134
* Griselda Pollock, 'Women, Art and Ideology: Questions for Feminist Art Historians' (1983) 149
* Mira Schor, 'Patrilineage' (1991) 159
3.2 Feminist/Writing 165
* Carol Duncan, 'Virility and Domination in Early Twentieth Century Vanguard Painting' (1973) 165
* Joan Borsa, 'Frida Kahlo: Marginalization and the Critical Female Subject' (1990) 169
* Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, 'In Search of a Discourse and Critique/s that Center the Art of Black Women Artists' (1993) 185
* Maureen Connor, 'Working Notes: Conversation with Katy Deepwell' (2002) 198
* Martina Pachmanova, 'In? Out? In Between? Some Notes on the Invisibility of a Nascent Eastern European Feminist and Gender Discourse in Contemporary Art Theory' (2009) 203
4 Materials, Practices, Choices 217
Introduction 217
4.1 Aesthetic Choice 223
* Judy Chicago, 'Woman as Artist' (1971) 223
* Marjorie Kramer, 'Some Thoughts on Feminist Art' (1971) 225
* Pat Mainardi, 'A Feminine Sensibility?' (1972) 227
* Judith Stein, 'For a Truly Feminist Art' (1972) 228
* Anne-Marie Sauzeau-Boetti, 'Negative Capability as Practice in Women's Art' (1979) 229
4.2 Craft 233
* Rozsika Parker, 'The Creation of Femininity' (1984) 233
* Catherine Harper, 'I Need Tracey Emin Like I Need God' (2004) 237
* Stephanie Syjuco, 'Anti-Factory' (2008) 240
4.3 Painting 241
* Katy Deepwell, 'Paint Stripping' (1994) 241
* Alison Rowley, 'Plan: Large Woman or Large Canvas? A Confusion of Size with Scale' (1996) 246
* Amy Sillman, 'AbEx and Disco Balls: In Defense of Abstract Expressionism II' (2011) 250
4.4 New Media 255
* Mitra Tabrizian, 'The Blues: An Interview with Mitra Tabrizian Discussing her Latest Work with Alex Noble' (1987) 255
* Faith Wilding, 'Where is the Feminism in Cyberfeminism?' (1998) 260
* Elisabeth Subrin, 'Trashing Shulie: Remnants from Some Abandoned Feminist History' (2006) 266
* Alla Mitrofanova, 'Cyberfeminism in History, Practice and Theory' (2010) 271
* Stephanie Jeanjean, 'Disobedient Video in the 1970s: Video Production by Women's Collectives' (2011) 279
5 Representing Women 288
Introduction 288
5.1 Between Image and Representation 293
* John Berger, Chapter 3 of Ways of Seeing (1972) 293
* Laura Mulvey, 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' (1975) 300
* Mary Kelly, Preface to Post-Partum Document (1983) 310
* Judith Williamson, 'Images of Woman: The Photography of Cindy Sherman' (1983) 314
* Elizabeth Grosz, 'Inscriptions and Body-Maps: Representations and the Corporeal' (1990) 320
* Lynda Nead, 'Framing the Female Body' (1992) 322
* Nelly Richard, 'Politics and Aesthetics of the Sign' (2004) 329
5.2 The Artist's Body in the Artwork 340
* Lucy Lippard, 'The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: European and American Women's Body Art' (1976) 340
* Mary Duffy, 'Disability, Differentness, Identity' (1987) 343
* VALIE EXPORT, 'Aspects of Feminist Actionism' (1989) 345
* Orlan, 'Intervention d'Orlan' (1995) 361
* Amelia Jones, 'Yayoi Kusama' (1998) 367
6 Sex, Sexuality, Image 372
Introduction 372
6.1 Sexuality and the Sexual Body 376
* Barbara Rose, 'Vaginal Iconology' (1974) 376
* Suzanne Santoro, 'Towards New Expression' (1974) 378
* Joanna Frueh, 'Feminism' (1989) 379
* Buseje Bailey, 'I Don't Have to Expose my Genitalia' (1993) 385
* 'Interview with Betty Tompkins' (2006) 388
* Chris Kraus, 'May '69' (2011) 393
6.2 Lesbian and Queer Practices 398
* Monique Wittig, 'The Straight Mind' (1980) 398
* Jan Zita Grover, 'Framing the Questions: Positive Imaging and Scarcity in Lesbian Photographs' (1991) 402
* Shonagh Adelman, 'Desire in the Politics of Representation' (1993) 408
* Ridykeulous, 'Advantages of Being a Woman Lesbian Artist' (2006) 410
* Zanele Muholi, 'Ngiyopha: A Photo-biographical Project' (2009) 410
* Catherine Lord, 'Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter' (2010) 414
7 Identity, Geography, Citizenship 435
Introduction 435
7.1 Projections 440
* Kass Banning, 'The Ties That Bind: Here We Go Again' (1987) 440
* Adrian Piper, 'The Triple Negation of Colored Women Artists' (1990) 444
* Diane Losche, 'Reinventing the Nude: Fiona Foley's Museology' (1999) 455
* Jieun Rhee, 'Performing the Other: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece' (2005) 461
7.2 Political Violence 471
* Jill Bennett, 'Art, Affect, and the Bad Death: Strategies for Communicating the Sense Memory of Loss' (2002) 471
* 'Regina Jose Galindo', interview by Francisco Goldman (2006) 477
* 'Between the Monument and the Ruin', interview with Lida Abdul by Candice Hopkins (2007) 482
7.3 Global Citizens 486
* Tracey Rose, 'The Cant Show' (2007) 486
* Tanja Ostojic, 'Crossing Borders Series' (2009) 488
* Shirin Neshat, 'Art in Exile' (2010) 491
Index 494