Friday, May 21, 2010


"The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experiences, as well as to change the foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art. It also sought to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice. Corresponding with general developments within feminism, and often including such self-organizing tactics as the consciousness-raising group, the movement began in the late 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s as an outgrowth of the so-called second wave of feminism; its effects continue to the present"


-Wikipedia


I like how feminism stands up for the rights of women, race or sexual orientation. But I think that people have taken some of the ideas of feminism and twisted it, there are a lot of feminist stereotypes but not all of them are true.

Feminist art is still not as well known as other art types but they are paving their way with the help of groups like the gorilla girls, who are a group of unknown women who go by the names of other feminist artist. They put a humorous spin on the feminist stereotypes.

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