Feminist art

Feminist Art

Feminist art is a movement that emerged in the context of the theory of feminism; it emphasizes the existence of gender discrimination. The art movement appeared in the late 1960s. The concept of “art-feminism” is based on a huge number of moral, ethical and socio-political problems between a woman and a man that have existed for many centuries. It is a well-known fact that in the recent past women were forbidden to attend art schools, not to mention participation in exhibitions, which seems inadequate to modern people. Until the middle of the twentieth century, men’s creations dominated the exhibitions; that only increased discontent among female artists.

Art feminism can exist in the form of painting, photography, installation, sculpture, performance, art protest, video, and so on. The subjects are taken from social problems in relation to women: inability to vote, a ban on holding high posts, unwillingness to feel like a sex object or a cook who never leaves the kitchen, imposed obedience; women require decent pay, the right to solve ordinary family issues without the approval of men, and so on.

Key ideas:

– “Why aren’t there great women artists?” – This is how we can characterize questions of women to the modern society. It may seem superficial, but this slogan is just the tip of the iceberg, which melts revealing the existing problems, forcing society to realize them and get free from them.

– Art-feminism does not focus on the nature of the female essence: it focuses on the defects of society as a whole, demanding equality in the social hierarchy. Works of Art feminism are the voices of a million women. They express the relationship between a woman, a man, a child and society. This is an acquaintance with the depths of female consciousness, experience and fear. The representative of feminist art recalls that she has the same rights as a man. She is not a subject of art; she is an author, a creator.