Romanda Abedair
Themes: Feminism politically
1. Judy Chicago
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Born in 1939 is a feminist artist who founded a feminist art program in the United States. She is most well known for her famous work that is now displayed in the Brooklyn Museum, The Dinner Party. In 1963 she has suffered an identity crisis due to a car crash her lover died in. While in school she focused on the sexual organs on the male and female body. In fact she was not allowed to use gender politics nor identity as themes. This female artist fought against the male patriarchy in the art industry in the 1960's. With her feminist art program, she focused on the women identity and experiences. She seeks to fight the non-noticing female artist in the visual arts. The Dinner party focuses on the celebration of the many women in history who fought through the male dominance. She uses traditional art material including needles, ceramics, and embroidery. Judy Chicago is a strong feminist artist. She currently lives with her husband and focuses on her teaching. |
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| Dinner Party Brooklyn Museum 1974–1979 |
2. Barbara Kruger
Born in 1945 in New Jersey who is a conceptual artist and a collagist. Her art focuses on identity and sexuality. She uses text and slogans to display her work. Her text focuses on the idea os feminism. They are usual are big bold messages that take on a whole room. One of her posters were for the 1989 Women's march for legal abortion. It mentioned "Your body is a battleground". Kruger uses the bold big text in order to get peoples attention. She also uses graphic design and instead of selling her work, she uses the idea to "sell a message" to her audience. She combines text and image to target as many people as she can. Her art is very recognizable and is well known all over America and the world. Her work is even found in the book the Guerilla Girls.
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| Barbara KrugerYou Are Not Yourself, 1981 |
3. Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman was born in the year of 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. However, a few years after her birth, her parents took her and moved to reside in Huntington, Long Island. Sherman was not interested in the art industry as a child. At the State University College of Buffalo, Sherman first decided to study painting until she eventually got bored of it. Instead, she decided to take out her energy and thoughts into photography. Sherman had a different style when it came to photography. All the pictures that she took were pictures of herself. The images of herself came to be known as, “The Untitled Film Stills.”
Cindy Sherman’s main target was to display the roles of women during that time period. In her photographs, she displayed the female characters of a archetypal housewife, a prostitute, the actress and many more. These characters were important because during that period, there weren’t many choices for women to have. However, Sherman made sure that the viewers know that these characters weren’t actually her. She did so by naming the portraits, “Untitled” or by numbering them.
Cindy sherman The Untitled Film Stills
4. Lorna Simpson
Born in 1960. An African-American women who focuses on the gender and racial stereotypes in her film works. She uses text and image to send a message to her viewers. Her works never shows her whole face, just parts. She also created a collection of short films called "Lorna Simpson: 31". She worked on the black female body in most her pieces. Simpson was in fact the first female African-American to open an exhibit at the Venice Biennale which is a huge international art festival. Most of her work were in black and white and black women in simple dresses to expose the idea of the power of feminism even more with the black feminine beauty.
Tate,1960, Lorna Simpson
5. Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville was born in Cambridge, England in the year of 1970. Since her parents constantly moved from city to city, Saville was always on the move. Her family recognized her artistic personality from a very young age. Jenny Saville is best known for her paintings of obese, nude women. Saville was known amongst painters in London in the 1990’s for her figurative approach that shows how brave and strong of a character she is. This female is like no other because she did not follow others steps in order to become successful. Instead, she created her own path and walked it all alone. All of her paintings included pictures of naked women who generally had a heavy, dark and an emotional quality to them. Some of her most famous paintings were recognized by many people and were even taken into account when choosing a album cover. An example of this is shown when the Manic Street Preachers’ decided to use her painting as a cover for their album. The painting was of a large women, viewed from three different angles from the bottom.
Hyphen, Jenny Saville, 1999
Citations
Art, Walker. "Walker Art Center." Lorna Simpson — Collections — Walker Art Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
"Judy Chicago Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works." The Art Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
"Barbara Kruger Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works." The Art Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
Biography - Cindy Sherman - Photographer, Model, Director, Actor, Avant-Garde Images, Doll Parts and Prosthetics, Movies. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
"Jenny Saville." 14 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.
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