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American Art in the 20th Century
American Art in the 20th Century
Session 7
“Women artists. There is no such
thing—or person. It’s just as much a
contradiction in terms as "man artist" or
"elephant artist". You may be a woman
and you may be an artist; but the one is
a given and the other is you.“
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
Women Artists
Women Who Are Artists
Women Who Make Art
“Armed Conflict” 2008
Georgia
O’Keefe
(1887-1986)
Great Watercolorists
Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986)
Georgia
O’Keefe
(1887-1986)
“Jack-in-the-
Pulpit No. 3”
1930
National
Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
Georgia
O’Keefe
(1887-1986)
“Cow’s Skull,
Red, White and
Blue”
1931
Metropolitan
NYC
Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986)
‘Ram’s Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills’ 1935
Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
Dorothea
Tanning
(1910-2012)
Surrealism
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” 1941 Tate Modern, London UK
Dorothea
Tanning
(1910-2012)
“Birthday 1942”
Philadelphia M. A.
Women Who Make/Made Art Photography
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
Lee Miller (1907-1977)
Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949)
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Margaret
Bourke-White
(1904-1971)
Dorothea
Lange
(1895-1965)
Dorothea
Lange
(1895-1965)
“Immigrant Mother”
1930
Lee Miller (1907-1977)
“Picasso”
1950
Lee Miller (1907-1977)
“Hitler’s Bath Tub”
1945
Diane Arbus
(1923-1971)
Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
“Identical Twins”
Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
“Boy with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park” 1962
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
“Untitled Film Stills” 1975-1980
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
“Untitled Film Stills” 1975-1980
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
“Working Girl” 1978
Cindy
Sherman
(b. 1954)
“Untitled
Film Still
#28”
2004
Dallas AM
Annie Leibovitz
(b, 1949)
Annie
Leibovitz
(b, 1949)
Whoopi
Goldberg
Annie Leibovitz
(b, 1949)
“Lennon, Ono”
1980
Annie Leibovitz
(b, 1949)
“Demi Moore”
1991
Women Who Make/Made Abstract Art
Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
Elaine DeKooning (1918-1989)
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Joan Snyder (b. 1940)
Julie Mehretu (b. 1970)
Lee Krasner
(1908-1984)
Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
“Night Creatures” 1965 Metropolitan NYC
Elaine de
Kooning
(1920-1989)
Elaine de
Kooning
(1920-1989)
“Elaine with
husband Willem
de Kooning”
1952
Elaine de
Kooning
(1920-1989)
“Herzog #1”
1955
Private
Joan Mitchell (1926-1992)
Joan Mitchell (1926-1992)
Piano Mécanque” 1958 National Gallery, Washington, DC
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)
“Billboard” 1957 Minneapolis I. A.
Helen
Frankenthaler
(b. 1928)
Helen
Frankenthaler
(b. 1928)
Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928)
‘Canyon” 1965 Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928)
“The Bay” 1963 Detroit Institute of Art
Joan Snyder (b. 1940)
Joan Snyder (b. 1940)
“Grief” 1990 MOMA NYC
Women Who Make/Made Sculpture
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Marisol Escobar (1930-2016)
Kiki Smith (b1954)
Eva Hesse (1936-1972)
Betye Saar (b.1926)
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2004)
Louise
Nevelson
(1899-1988)
Louise
Nevelson
(1899-1988)
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
“Dawn’s Wedding Feast” 1959 San Francisco Museum of Art
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
“Sky Landscape II” 1980 Cincinnati Public Library
Marisol
Escobar
(B. 1930)
Marisol
Escobar
(B. 1930)
“The Family”
1962
MOMA
NYC
Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994)
“Fortissimo”
1993
DeCordova
Sculpture Park
Massachusetts
Dorothy
Dehner
(1901-1994)
“Fortissimo”
1993
DeCordova
Sculpture Park
Massachusetts
Kiki Smith (b. 1954)
Kiki Smith (b. 1954)
“Untitled” 1989 Los Angeles MoCA
Kiki Smith
(b. 1954)
“Mary Magdalene”
1997
Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)
Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)
“Dapple Grey” 1992 MMoCA, Madison, WI
Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)
“Ferdinand” 1990 Norton-Simon
Women Who Make/Made Minimalist Art
Agnes Martin (1912-2004)
Anne Truitt (1921-2004)
Beverly Pepper (1922-2020)
Jo Baer b.1929
Patricia Johansson b.1940
Agnes Martin (1912-2004)
Agnes
Martin
(1912-2004)
“White
Flower”
1960
Guggenheim
Agnes
Martin
(1912-2004)
“Untitled”
1998
Guggenheim
Eva Hesse
(1936-1970)
Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
With Joseph Albers at Yale MFA
Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
“Repetition Nineteen III” 1968 MOMA NYC
Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
“Accession II “ : 1967 Detroit Museum of Art
Women Who Make/Made Feminist Art
Judy (Cohen) Chicago b.1939
Linda Nochlin (1931-2017)
Lynda Bengalis b. 1941
Carol Lee Schneemann (1939-2019)
Lorna Simpson b.1967
Judy
Chicago
(b. 1939)
Judy Chicago (b. 1939)
“The Dinner Party” 1979 Brooklyn Museum NYC
Judy Chicago (b. 1939)
“Three Angry Men” 1982-1985
Judy
Chicago
(b. 1939)
“The Flower”
1973
National
Museum of
women in the
Arts
Washington
Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Alice Neel
(1900-1984)
“Time Cover”
1970
Alice Neel (1900-1984)
“Pregnant Woman” 1971 Boston MFA
Alice Neel
(1900-1984)
“Self- Portrait”
1980
Alice Neel
(1900-1984)
“Linda Nochlin & Daisy”
1973
Boston MFA
Louise
Bourgeois
(1911-2010)
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
“Mamam” 1955 Tate Modern London
Louise
Bourgeois
(1911-2010)
“Domestic Incidents”
2006
Tate Modern
Turbine Hall
Women Who Make/Made Conceptual Art
Barbara Kruger (b.1945)
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
Marina Abramovic (b. 1946)
Mary Kelly (b.1941)
Adrian Piper (b. 1948)
Jenny
Holzer
(b. 1950)
Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
“Hiding Places” 1982 Allen Museum of Art, Oberlin, OH
Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
“Untitled” 1990 Guggenheim NYC
Jenny
Holzer
(b. 1950)
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
TRUISMS 1 A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY •A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS
ARE CRACKPOTS• A MAN CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER• A NAME
MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF• A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE WORLD• A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN •A SENSE OF
TIMING IS THE MARK OF GENIUS• A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK •A SINGLE
EVENT CAN HAVE INFINITELY MANY INTERPRETATIONS •A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS
A SENSE OF SELF •A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU• ABSOLUTE
SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM• ABSTRACTION IS A TYPE OF
DECADENCE• ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE •ACTION CAUSES MORE
TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT• ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR
REVOLUTIONARIES• ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED• AMBITION IS
JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY• AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE• AN
ELITE IS INEVITABLE ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATING FORCE
•ANIMALISM IS PERFECTLY HEALTHY•ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL •ANYTHING IS A
LEGITIMATE AREA OF INVESTIGATION• ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE
EARTH• AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS• FUNCTION AUTOMATION
IS DEADLY AWFUL• PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE• BAD INTENTIONS
CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS• BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY
UNPOPULAR• BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE •BEING
JUDGMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE• BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU'RE A FOOL•
BELIEVING IN REBIRTH IS THE SAME AS ADMITTING DEFEAT• BOREDOM MAKES YOU
DO CRAZY THINGS •CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
•CATEGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING• CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THE OPPRESSED
BECOME TYRANTS• CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY •CHILDREN ARE
THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE• CHILDREN ARE THE MOST CRUEL OF ALL• CLASS ACTION
IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE• CLASS STRUCTURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS
PLASTIC •CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST"
Barbara
Kruger
(b. 1945)
Barbara
Kruger
(b. 1945)
Barbara
Kruger
(b. 1945)
Barbara Kruger (b. 1945)
Eva Hesse
(1936-1970)
Elizabeth
Murray
(1940-2007)
Elizabeth
Murray
(1940-2007)
“The Lowdown”
2001
Spain
Elizabeth
Murray
(1940-2007)
“Sun and Moon”
2005
Private
Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007)
Lexington Ave (59th
St) Subway NYC
Betye Saar
(b. 1926)
“2006 holding a
photograph of herself
as a child”
Betye Saar
(b. 1926)
“Liberation of Aunt Jemima”
1972
Betye Saar
(b. 1926)
“Supreme Quality”
1975
Alison Saar (b. 1956)
Alison Saar (b. 1956)
Alison Saar (b. 1956)
Alison Saar (b. 1956)
At Dayton Art Museum 2013
Lynda Benglis (b. 1941)
Lynda Benglis
(b. 1941)
“Ghost Dance”
1995
Brooklyn MoA
Lynda Benglis
(b. 1941)
“King Pin III”
2007
Brooklyn MoA
Lynda Benglis (b. 1941)
“blat” 1965 Brooklyn MoA
Kara Walker (b. 1969) American
Kara Walker (b. 1969)
“Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching”
2006 Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Kara Walker (b. 1969)
“Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred Between
the Thighs Of One Young Negress And Her Heart”
2008
Kara Walker (b. 1969)
“Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred
Between the Thighs Of One Young Negress And Her Heart”
2008
Kara Walker
(b. 1969)
“Gone, An
Historical
Romance of a Civil
War as it Occurred
Between the
Thighs Of One
Young Negress And
Her Heart”
2008
Kara Walker
(b. 1969)
“Gone, An
Historical
Romance of a Civil
War as it Occurred
Between the
Thighs Of One
Young Negress And
Her Heart”
2008
Julie Mehretu
(b.1970)
Julie Mehretu
(b.1970)
Julie Mehretu (b.1970)
With so many brilliant and
talented women making art
today, there will be many
opportunities to select
woman artists as geniuses.
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