Maura Reilly

This comprehensive book is based on the 2007 exhibition ‘Global Feminisms’ at the Brookyln Museum, co-curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin, which was one of the first international exhibitions devoted exclusively to feminist art from 1990 to 2007. Works by 88 women from 62 countries were presented.
The authors move away from the discourse of feminism in its traditional linear history towards a global inclusion. With their contributions, women from seven different regions illustrate show more the cultural differences in women's lives and the constantly changing perceptions of feminism. show less

Contents:

* Introduction : toward transnational feminisms / Maura Reilly
* Women artists then and now : painting, sculpture, and the image of the self / Linda Nochlin
* Providing a space of freedom : women artists from Africa / N'Gone Fall
* Gender mobility : through the lens of five women artists in India / Geeta Kapur
* Contemporary Japanese women's self-awareness / Michiko Kasahara
* What is feminist about contemporary Asian women's art? / Joan Kee
* Central American women artists in a show more global age / Virginia Perez-Ratton
* Western European women artists : speaking in a minor voice / Elisabeth Lebovici
* Post-totalitarian art : eastern and central Europe / Charlotta Kotik.

About the exhibition: from Brooklyn Museum website:
March 23–July 1, 2007
In celebration of the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the Museum presents Global Feminisms, the first international exhibition exclusively dedicated to feminist art from 1990 to the present. The show consists of work by approximately eighty women artists from around the world and includes work in all media—painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, installation, and performance. Its goal is not only to showcase a large sampling of contemporary feminist art from a global perspective but also to move beyond the specifically Western brand of feminism that has been perceived as the dominant voice of feminist and artistic practice since the early 1970s.This exhibition is arranged thematically and features the work of important emerging and mid-career artists.

The Brooklyn Museum presents exhibitions that give voice to diverse points of view. Global Feminisms contains challenging subject matter that some visitors may find disturbing or offensive. Children 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Discretion is advised.

This exhibition is co-curated by Maura Reilly, Ph.D., Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Linda Nochlin, Ph.D., Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Global Feminisms is sponsored by Altria Group. Additional support is provided by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation and the French Embassy Cultural Services. show less