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.