Art/Women/California 1950-2000 - Parallels & Intersections

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-520-23066-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 397 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 218 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1610 g

Art/Women/California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections is an unprecedented examination of the impact that specific women artists, working in California in the second half of the twentieth century, have had on broadening the definition of art. Twenty preeminent scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds investigate how the vast sociopolitical changes of the post-World War II era affected these women and how the ensuing events influenced the art that they produced. This book outlines the role these pivotal artists and their work played in reshaping the California cultural profile into what it is today.

Illustrated with more than one hundred color plates and duotones, Art/Women/California 1950-2000 reveals the richness of this fifty-year period by contrasting and comparing the artists and their varied artistic practices in relation to the larger sociopolitical context. The book employs a variety of historical perspectives to reflect the distinct and parallel experiences of California's major cultural communities while revealing points of intersection by analyzing shared themes and practices.

Because California serves as a gateway for a myriad of immigrants and an epicenter for the feminist movement, and because of its history of activism, its culture of experimentation, and its reputation for innovative technology and media, the state has evolved into a crucial and inspirational environment for women artists. Their work continues to transform our perceptions and revitalize art's connections to its surrounding environment and community. Exploring the conjuncture between place and artistic activity from multiple perspectives, this book stands as a testament to the rich diversity that is contemporary California culture.

This book is a copublication with the San Jose Museum of Art

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fuller, Diana Burgess

Salvioni, Daniela

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chadwick, Whitney

Fregoso, Rosa Linda

Gonzalez, Jennifer

Hanley, JoAnn

Harlan, Theresa

Higa, Karin

Jackson, Phyllis

Jones, Amelia

Klonarides, Carole Ann

Lacy, Suzanne

Lee, Pamela M.

Mesa-Bains, Amalia

Meyer, Laura

Phillips, Sandra

Rickard, Jolene

Romo, Terezita

Stone, Rosanne Allucquere

Tsukiyama, Gail

Wilson, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Diana Fuller

Forward
Susan Landauer

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Art in Context
Daniel Salvioni

CULTURAL OVERVIEW

"I Dream I'm the Death of Orpheus"
Adrienne Rich

Reflecting on Histories as Histories
Whitney Chadwick

"Kopid'taya (A Gathering of Spirits)"
Paula Gunn Allen

Other Landscapes
Angela Y. Davis

PARALLELS
Reconsidering the Terrain: Five Historical Perspectives

"Coal"
Audre Lorde

Liberating Blackness and Interrogating Whiteness
Phyllis J. Jackson

"Yes, We are Not Invisible"
Janice Mirikitani

What Is an Asian American Woman Artist?
Karin Higa

Excerpt from "The Poet in the World"
Denise Levertov

Constructing a New Paradigm: European American Women Artists in California, 1950-2000
Laura Meyer

"To We Who Were Saved by the Stars"
Lorna Dee Cervantes

Califia/Califas: A Brief History of Chicana California
Amalia Mesa-Bains

"Revolutionary Letter #21"
Diane di Prima

Uncovering/Recovering: Indigenous Artists in California
Jolene Rickard

INTERSECTIONS / Ley Lines

Burning Down the House: Feminist Art in California
(An Interview with Amelia Jones )
Daniela Salvioni and Diana Burgess Fuller

A Collective History: Las Mujeres Muralistas
Terezita Romo

Indigenous Visionaries: Native Women Artists in California
Theresa Harlan

How The Invisible Woman Got Herself on the Cultural Map: Black Women Artists in California
Judith Wilson

INTERSECTIONS /Themes and Practices

Landing in California
Jennifer Gonzalez

Women Artists in California and Their Engagement with Photography
Sandra S. Phillips

California Filming: Re-Imagining the Nation
Rosa Linda Fregoso

Construction Sites: Women Artists in California and the Production Space-Time
Pamela Lee

Exchanges
Moira Roth and Suzanne Lacy

Women, Art, and Technology: A Brief History
JoAnn Hanley

What Do We Want? The Subject Behind the Camera: Women Video Artists and Self-Articulation
Nancy Buchanan

Epilogue

The Baby or the Bath Water; Being an Inquiry into the Nature of Woman,Womyn, Art, Time, and Timing in Five Thousand Words or Less
Allucque Rosanne Stone

List of Contributors
List of Illustrations
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Burgess Fuller is an editor, curator, and arts administrator. Daniela Salvioni is an art critic and curator.