Sixty-seven female artists and their work from the sixteenth century
to the present demonstrate the evolution of art through a
female-empowered lens.
The history of art has been forever considered, written, published, and
taught by men, primarily for a male audience. For women, the mere
possibility of becoming an artist--to have access to the necessary
materials, to produce, exhibit, and, against all odds, succeed and
sustain the activity--has been an incessant, dangerous, and exhausting
fight--physically, mentally, and psychologically. The time has come to
reframe the history of art in the context of the brave women who had the
courage to defy all rules in order to pursue their vocation and carve
out their place in the art world.
This book draws the portraits of sixty-seven fascinating women and their
significant artistic achievements, from groundbreaking Renaissance
painter Artemisia Gentileschi to the photography of Nan Goldin today.
Tracing the painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance artists
who shaped modern art, readers discover key figures and their signature
works, including Mary Cassatt, Sonia Delaunay, Georgia O'Keeffe, Tamara
de Lempicka, Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning, Leonora Carrington, Yoko
Ono, Eva Hesse, Marina Abramovic, Carrie Mae Weems, and Cindy Sherman.
Exploring the codes and archetypes of art history, this celebration of
women in art analyzes their slow but steady achievement of artistic
independence and the hard-won recognition for their creative work in a
domain historically reserved for men.
