Thea Proctor & Queer Networks of Printmaking
Video (1:01:35): Print history webinar with art historian Brittany Hudak about printmaker Thea Proctor (1879-1966).
Brittany Hudak: “For this talk, I will share some early research I have been conducting on the Australian artist Thea Proctor. One of my areas of interest is how printmaking was used as a conduit for exchange between queer women artists in the early twentieth century. I am focusing on how women artists that did not fit in traditional gender roles gravitated toward printmaking in this time period. I use the term queer to describe these women artists almost exclusively. Queer embraces the manyfold sexual preferences of these women, but most importantly it acknowledges these women’s non-heterosexualities. My interest is exploring the connection between female sexual dissidence and the practices of art in this time period, and how the two intertwine. As a case study, Thea Proctor is a perfect vehicle to explore my thesis.”
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Thea Proctor, self-portrait, 2021, lithograph.