How many women sculptors can you name? This book will challenge
perceptions that sculpture is a male pursuit. In addition, it provides
insight into the work and lives of dozens of women sculptors -
significant artists from the past, as well as those working in the
exciting and varied world of sculpture today.
The pioneers and legends:
Ruth Asawa ◉ Phyllida Barlow ◉ Louise Bourgeois ◉ Judy Chicago ◉ Camille
Claudel
◉ Niki de Saint Phalle ◉ Elisabeth Frink ◉ Katharina Fritsch ◉ Anya
Gallaccio ◉ Mona Hatoum ◉ Barbara Hepworth ◉ Eva Hesse ◉ Rebecca Horn ◉
Harriet Hosmer ◉ Yayoi Kusama ◉ Edmonia Lewis ◉ Frances Loring ◉ Sarah
Lucas ◉ Annette Messager ◉ Senga Nengudi ◉ Cornelia Parker ◉ Sophie
Ryder ◉ Doris Salcedo ◉ Alina Szapocznikow ◉ Rachel Whiteread ◉ Florence
Wyle
Contemporary women sculptors in their own words featured:
◉ Tabatha Andrews ◉ Rachel Ara ◉ Annie Attridge ◉ Helaine Blumenfeld ◉
Juliana Cerqueira Leite ◉ Silke Dettmers ◉ Laury Dizengremel◉ Jane
McAdam Freud ◉ Lucy Glendinning ◉ Maggi Hambling ◉ Kendra Haste ◉ Holly
Hendry ◉ Christine Kowal Post ◉ Sophie Marsham ◉ Nnenna Okore ◉
Arundhata Patel ◉ Maya Ramsay ◉ Marianne Reim ◉ Frances Richardson ◉
Raphaele Shirley ◉ Susan Stockwell ◉ Sinta Tantra ◉ Almuth Tebbenhoff ◉
Patricia Volk ◉ Zhang Yaxi
With an overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today, this
book explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged
a name for themselves in a male arena, as well as breaking rules,
pushing boundaries and inspiring us with their visionary creations.
