Category Archives: Feminism
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Ghost of a Dream and Elizabeth ‘Mumbet’ Freeman
Ghost of a Dream and Elizabeth Mumbet Freedom at the new MassArtArt Museum
This entry was posted on November 11, 2021 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Imna Arroyo: Immersed in Yemaya and Iroko Water and Life
as Imna Arroyo’s work, taken as a whole, creates a puzzle of intersecting chronologies, which appear to form the subjective representation of an aesthetic philosophy that reaches toward celestial planes. Humberto Figueroa Iroko, Tree of Life, p. 56 Imna Arroyo bridges art and spirituality in a deeply personal and effective art. […]
This entry was posted on September 8, 2021 and is filed under Art and Activism, ecology, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Defusing Radical Alice Neel
Observe these two portraits On the right is the feature image of the Metropolitan Museum of Art current exhibition of the work of Alice Neel “People Come First” It is identified as a portrait of “Elenka”1936, about which there is no information except that she “presumably numbered among the several bohemians with […]
This entry was posted on August 24, 2021 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Breathe! at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and several provocative new shows at the Henry Art Gallery
Provocative artists in several shows at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and the Henry Art Gallery
This entry was posted on April 14, 2021 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, ecology, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Iran US Collaboration: Emotional Numbness: The Impact of War on the Human Psyche and Ecosystems
“Emotional Numbness, the Impact of War on the Human Psyche and Ecosystems” This exhibition is in Tehran, Iran, but available to see anywhere! It is a collaboration between US based group WEAD, Women Eco Artists Dialog and artists in Tehran, Iran. You can see two excellent online tours of the exhibition here […]
This entry was posted on December 27, 2020 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Art in War, ecology, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Marela Zacarias at Mad Art brings us the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Xochicalco
In case you are yearning for a trip to get away from our crazy election or now to celebrate it, go to Mad Art (325 Westlake Avenue N, open Thurs, Fri, Sat noon to 5 and by appointment necessary) Marela Zacarías brings us the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Xochicalco, a Mesoamerican […]
This entry was posted on November 6, 2020 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
South African superstar photographer Zanele Muholi at the Seattle Art Museum
Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness South African superstar artist Zanele Muholi bursts out of the Jacob Lawrence and Gwen Knight corner gallery at the Seattle Art Museum: “I’m reclaiming my blackness.” Their exhibition “Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness,” spills into four adjoining spaces. First, we see the huge signature self-portrait […]
This entry was posted on September 23, 2019 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Dmitri Prigov 1940 – 2007 Theater of Revolutionary Action
Dmitri Prigov, avant garde conceptual artist, in an exhibition in London.
This entry was posted on February 1, 2018 and is filed under Conceptual Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Deborah Faye Lawrence: A Strumpet of Justice tells it like it is
Deboarah Faye Lawrence’s exhibition at the small and appropriately named Bonfire Gallery surrounds us in an intense way with our brilliant flag collage protests.
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Margaret Fuller 1810-1850-From Transcendentalist Philosopher to Investigative Journalist
Margaret Fuller, pioneering feminist, journalist, philosopher of the Transcendental circle, drowned off the shore of Fire Island in 1850.
This entry was posted on June 23, 2017 and is filed under Feminism, Uncategorized. -
“¡Presente!: The Young Lords in New York”
El Presente at El Museo del Barrio features the Young Lords of 1969-71, their activism and their art, a wonderful piece of history.
This entry was posted on December 8, 2015 and is filed under American Art, Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Black Panthers, Feminism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
A visit to the home of contemporary Turkish Artist Tomur Atagök
A visit to the home of contemporary Turkish artist Tomur Atagök provided me with new insights into her paintings and collages about politics and nature.
This entry was posted on October 19, 2015 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Feminism, Turkish Women Artists, Uncategorized. -
QUIET INSIGHTS INTO STRUGGLE AND JOY AWAIT YOU AT THE WING
the subtle and beautiful exhibition “Constructs” at the Wing Luke Museum features interactive installations by Asian Pacific Women Artists ranging from a canvas house to calligraphy carried into the landscapes of Seattle. Each installation is both personal and universal in their implications.
This entry was posted on September 24, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Rameschwar Broota and Nalini Malani at the Kiran Nadar Museum in Delhi
We can see the state of the earth and our spiritual crisis in the work of Rameschwar Broota and Nalini Malani at the Kirin Nadar Museum
This entry was posted on March 25, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art In India, Feminism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Delhi Feminist Artist Gogi addresses the 2012 Gang Rape of Nirbhaya
Feminist artist Gogi Saroj Pal based in Delhi addresses violence against women in her new work.
This entry was posted on January 27, 2015 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art In India, Feminism, Uncategorized, Women Artists. -
Under my Skin Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century
Under My Skin Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century at the Wing Luke Museum includes a stimulating and poetic group of worksby 26 artists in many media. IT is not to be missed and more than one visit is neciessary.
This entry was posted on June 16, 2013 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, indians, Racism, Uncategorized. -
Lynn Hershmann Leeson !Women Art Revolution The Movie
Lynn Hershmann Leeson Women Art Revolution tells the canonical history of US feminist art. Where are the other histories of feminist art?
This entry was posted on January 16, 2013 and is filed under Feminism, Feminism, Uncategorized, Women Artists. -
“New Geographies of Feminist Art: China, Asia+the World” A Symposium in Seattle
New Geographies of Feminist Art: China, Asia+ the World raises important questions about feminism today and presented some crucial artists.
This entry was posted on December 21, 2012 and is filed under Contemporary Art, ecology, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Women Artists in Seattle Part II
Women Photographers with roots in South Asia and Afghanistan show challenging work about cultural contradictions and Tanis S’eiltin, Tlinglit installation artist challenges fixed ideas on Indigenous culture.
This entry was posted on December 20, 2012 and is filed under art criticism, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, democracy, Feminism, Feminism, Gazelle Samizay, indians, Iran, Iranian Women, Photography, Women Artists. -
“Elles” and Beyond: Women Artists Take on the World
Art by Women everywhere in Seattle provokes us to think about what they are saying about themselves and the world.
This entry was posted on November 25, 2012 and is filed under Art and Activism, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Iranian Women, Israel Palestine, Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Seattle Art, Seattle Art Museum, Shirin Neshat, Uncategorized. -
From Cellos to Pens: Cultural Events that Provoke
Experimentation with classical media in music, theater and writing can be as subversive and confrontational as street protests.
This entry was posted on July 16, 2012 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, Art of Democracy, Culture and Human rights, economic imperialism vs democracy, Feminism, music, theater. -
Feminism 2007
Feminist Art 2007 A Political Analysis Let us look at the two new feminist exhibitions WACK at the LA County Museum of Art and Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum. To a certain extent the covers of the two catalogs tells us everything that we need to know. On one cover is a detail of […]
This entry was posted on April 19, 2007 and is filed under Feminism.
