5 Comments

• #1.   diana reyes 03.08.2007

  I can’t wait to see it!!!!! I’m so happy such a show has come to be.

• #2.   brenda gallager 03.11.2007

  Looking at the thumbnails of installation views, no reference to artists, just name of male photographer, what a funny joke. Maybe I’m missing info, but that is what I see on my computer.

• #3.   marie dedycker 03.20.2007

  I have to be honest, I don´t like it, I can´t see something important, something beautiful. Can I see something else, maybe I´ll change my mind.

• #4.   Jennifer Breault 04.03.2007

  I liked probubly a few of the work at most in this show.”Uprising of the Mujeres” by Judith F. Baca is amazing! She has a wonderful talent..also “The Objects Series” by Alexis Hunter was very beautiful.I liked Judy chicago’s work aswell, wornderful color! Other than that I thought the rest of the work was very strange and depressing.

• #5.   Ann Rosenthal 04.13.2007

  I haven’t seen the exhibition yet but hope I will be able to do so soon on an upcoming trip to L.A. I have followed feminist art for many years. The movement completely changed my life as an artist and a woman. For those commenting above, you have to think about the work within its historical context. The feminist art of the early 70’s going forward was thoroughly groundbreaking and revolutionary. It responded to its times–the Vietnam war, the Aids crisis, the place of women in society, the erasure of women’s history and experience in mainstream culture. You can certainly have your favorite works and artists, but it would be a mistake to just look at the aesthetics or even the singular voice of one of the artists without considering the feminist art movement’s historical context and impact on future generations of women artists, the arts in general, and the culture as a whole. That impact cannot be overstated, and is still, though perhaps less obvious, having its impact today as women artists of all ages create an art process and practice that is about social change not profit. Continuing that legacy of art as an agent of change has and will continue to inform art of the future. Since I’ve not seen the exhibition yet, I don’t know if this comes through, but I hope it does. Especially in these times of the the almighty dollar being the last word on everything, we needd strong reminders that one of the functions of art is to effect change.

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