The opera lovers shout ‘Bravo!’ when they have heard a great opera aria. Eso!! the tango dancers’ acclamation, was the first thought that came to me, when I learned that MoMA has started looking the role, which women has played in the history of Museum of Modern Art in New York and realized that the MoMA has neglected telling the story about the female (feminist) artists. After 5 years of research they have published a richly illustrated art book\/lexicon titled: Modern Women – women artists at the Museum of Modern Art. 48 scollars have contributed to the book with essays about women artists.<\/p>\n
The landmark publication ‘Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art’, in which the museum now openly discusses gender issues, and how instrumental women have been in advancing the arts to where they are today, is the greatest piece of art news, which I have heard in 2010. – Now the museum is finally taking all the feminist\u00a0artists, who have voiced their concern about the museums (subconscious or deliberate) strategy of giving more space and attention\u00a0to male artists than\u00a0women artists, seriously.<\/p>\n
Works of art\u00a0made by women (straight, lesbian, queer, white, black, or…)\u00a0tell very interesting stories. Stories, which shouldn’t be forgotten by the museums and the main stream art world. The fact that MoMA, which is a role model for many museums,\u00a0is about to set a new standard makes me smile and dance at my computer.<\/p>\n
In the video below you can hear Michelle Elligott, museum activist and researcher talk about her work with the book Modern Women – women artists at the Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n
I haven’t got my copy of the book yet, but I have had a quick look at book’s index of artists, (the “MoMA the hall of fame of female artists”), and\u00a0I\u00a0have picked the\u00a0following\u00a0artists,\u00a0which may be of interest to lesbian and queer art lovers:<\/p>\n
BERENICE ABBOTT (USA, 1898 – 1991), SADIE BENNING (USA, born 1973), CLAUDE CAHUN (France 1894 – 1954), LEONOR FINI (Italy, 1907 – 1996), SU FRIEDRICH (USA, born 1954), EILEEN GRAY (Ireland, 1878, 1976), GUERRILLA GIRLS (American group of radical feminist artists founded in 1985),
\nBARBARA HAMMER (USA, born 1939), HANNAH H\u00d6CH (Germany, 1889 – 1978), FRIDA KAHLO (Mexico, 1907 – 1954), K\u00c4THE KOLLWITZ (Germany 1867 – 1945), GERMAINE KRULL (1897 – 1985), AGNES MARTIN (Canada, 1912 – 2004), TINA MODOTTI (Italy, 1896 – 1942), GEORGIA O’KEEFFE (USA, 1887 – 1986), EMILY ROYSDON (USA, 1977), CINDY SHERMAN (USA, born 1954), JOAN SNYDER (USA, born 1940), GINGER BROOKS TAKAHASHI (USA, born 1977), and\u00a0RIDYKEULOUS (an American collaborative art project founded by A.L. Steiner and Nicole Eisenman).<\/p>\n
For more details go to the list of all the artists in the book\u00a0at MoMA’s website.<\/p>\n
Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art<\/em> The landmark publication ‘Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art’, in which the museum now openly discusses gender issues, and how instrumental women have been in advancing the arts to where they are today, is the greatest piece of art news, which I have heard in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[415,71,779,417,106,136,149,162,167,168,419,177,418,414,251,314,412,413,416],"class_list":["post-3687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-art-book","tag-agnes-martin","tag-barbara-hammer","tag-berenice-abbott","tag-cindy-sherman","tag-claude-cahun","tag-eileen-gray","tag-emily-roysdon","tag-frida-kahlo","tag-georgia-okeeffe","tag-germaine-krull","tag-ginger-brooks-takahashi","tag-hannah-hoch","tag-joan-snyder","tag-kathe-kollwitz","tag-leonor-fini","tag-nicole-eisenman","tag-sadie-benning","tag-su-friedrich","tag-tina-modotti","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nCornelia Butler (Editor, Introduction), Alexandra Schwartz (Editor), Griselda Pollock (Introduction)
\nHardcover: 512 pages
\nPublisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York (June 30, 2010)
\nLanguage: English
\nISBN-10: 087070771X
\nISBN-13: 978-0870707711<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"