Queer Feminist Art Worldwide
Portraits by Juliette Gorges Coppens Published by www.thebookedition.com (2013) This new catalog (right: the cover of the catalog) by French painter Juliette Gorges Coppens presents 32 portraits of women. Juliette’s series of paintings – oil on canvas and oil on paper – are sensual and erotic portraits of women and…
Hello all, Blue gorilla hand, ceramic sculpture by Julia Kunin I have work in the new design fair “COLLECTIVE.1” at pier 57, at Todd Merrill Gallery. Meanwhile I’m having an amazing time making work in Pecs, Hungary, on my Fulbright [grant]. All my best, Julia COLLECTIVE.1: Pier 57, at 15th…
Press release from Coral Aorta / Femina Potens Art Gallery Femina Potens would like to invite all of our past, present and future volunteers, interns, FP friends, family and allies to our May Picnic Potluck in Dolores Park. We had a great time at our last FP Potluck, and are…
Short film (27 min.) about lesbian artist Patricia Cronin, Art in Progress, Reserve Channel, 2012 Art in Progess: “Patricia Cronin is known for her beautiful equestrian themed paintings. However, she also has a niche for creating artistically sexual paintings and sculptures. Using herself and her partner as the subject, Patricia…
Video published by Halston Heritage, 2013 HALSTON sits down with the artist Deborah Kass to talk about her work, pop art’s place in pop culture and her retrospective October 26, 2012 – January 6, 2013 at The Andy Warhol Museum. Related Links Deborah Kass at Paul Kasmin Gallery
Gender Studies and Body Politics Session 2 | published by The New School, Nyc. USA, 2010 Ann Cvetkovich, Professor of English and Professor of Womens and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Cvetkovich discusses the problems of continuity/discontinuity across feminist generations. What turns have we taken, and how…
A new era of theory has recently emerged – we might call it “wild theory” – within which thinkers, scholars, and artists take a break from orthodoxy and experiment with knowledge, art, and the imagination, even as they remain all too aware of the constraints under which all three operate….
A project by Cassandra Langer ‘All or Nothing: The Many Faces of Romaine Brooks is an exciting new reading of the oh-so glamorous life of one of the most transgressive sublimely opinionated gay figures of the 20th century. Think K.D. Lang meets I Kissed A Girl. The author [Cassandra Langer]…
Taylor Smith: Artist statement and paintings Study For Two Women. Painting by Taylor Smith Artist Statement Taylor Smith: Within my work, I blend my own contemporary interpretation of abstraction with elements of traditional still life and portraiture. Mathematics, organic chemistry, mechanics, photography and pop culture also play a role in…
09.04.2013 – 30.06.2013 the MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA MUSEU DO CHIADO in Portugal hosts an international programme of events, which showcases women artists, who work with themes ranging from feminism, to lesbianism and transgender. The artists are: Ana Bezelga, Ana Pérez-Quiroga, Ana Pérez-Quiroga e Patrícia Guerreiro, Ana Pissarra, Carla…
Videos part 1 – 7: Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts presents: Ann Cvetkovich in Conversation with Tammy Rae Carland. Friday, September 28, 2012.
Press release Press photo by SD Holman BUTCH: Not like the other girls Photo-based exhibition by SD Holman showing at The Clutch, April 9 – 25, 2013. SD Holman’s newest work, BUTCH: Not like the other girls, will be exhibited at the Clutch (1895 Venables, Vancouver BC) from April 8…
Marie Laurencin (1883 – 1956) was a French painter who became a member of Natalie Clifford Barney’s salon in Paris in the 1920s.
Deirdre Logue at Open Space, 2012 This video is from the opening of queer experimental filmmaker Deirdre Logue’s exhibition titled Id’s Its — Installations by Deirdre Logue July 13 to August 4, 2012 at Open Space, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. You see Velvet Crease, 2012 [id/ego/superego: 2 min. 23 sec.]…
Curating Feminist and Queer Art The above video presents the highlights of the Civil Partnership Event at Tate in 2012. The symposium was held as part of the Leverhulme funded project Transnational perspectives on women’s art, feminism and curating. “Reflecting on the politics and practices of queer and feminist art…
Slideshow of early works by Jeanne Mammen, Germany Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) watercolorist, painter, printmaker was born in Berlin, grew up in Paris where she got her fine arts education. She lived most of her adult life in Berlin. Jeanne Mammen is know for her graphics, including nude and semi-nude female…
The F Word: Exploring Feminism in the 21st Century at Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam, Canada, February 23 – April 2, 2012 made this interview with Canadian artist Afuwa Granger. Related Links Afuwa Granger’s blog Afuwa Granger’s videostream at Vimeo African American artist Edmonia Lewis (1843-1911)
Self Evident Project, an LGBTQ art project by iO Tillett Wright, USA. The video was published by forgottennews in 2010. New York based queer artist iO Tillett Wright asks the question “What does equality mean to you?” and her own answer is “It is when you don’t have to think…
Video ‘Mirror Image’ (3:30 min.) by Amie LeeKing, 2010 Amie LeeKing introduces herself in the video below. Enjoy the short artist talk! About Amie LeeKing Photographer and queer woman Amie LeeKing was born in Michigan, USA. She earned her MA of Photography at University of the Arts, London, UK in…
Community Action Center (trailer), by A.L. Steiner and A.K. Burns from Steiner on Vimeo. Community Action Center is a 69-minute sociosexual video by queer artists A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner. It incorporates “the erotics of a community where the personal is not only political, but sexual. This project was heavily…