The art of feminism : images that shaped the fight for equality, 1857-2017 / Helena Reckitt, consultant editor ; written by Lucinda Gosling, Hilary Robinson, and Amy Tobin ; preface by Maria Balshaw ; foreword by Xabier Arakistain

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2018Description: 272 p. : il. col. ; 29 cmISBN:

9781452169927

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Summary: Since its inception, the women's movement has harnessed the power of the image to transmit its message. From the posters of the Suffrage Atelier, to the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Featuring more than 350 works of art, illustration, photography, performance, graphic design, and publlic protest, this stunning volume showcases the vibrancy and daring of the feminist aesthetic over the last 150 years. --Summary: Featured artists include: Beyonce, Louise Bourgeois, Andrea Bowers, Judy Chicago, Vanessa German, Jenny Holzer, Frida Kahlo, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Sethembile Msezane, Zanele Muholi, Shirin Neshat, Pussy Riot, and many more... --

List(s) this item appears in: Dones i Disseny / Mujeres y Diseño / Women and Design

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	IED Barcelona Sala General / Belles Arts	BA.073.22 Art (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2019-0236

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Since its inception, the women's movement has harnessed the power of the image to transmit its message. From the posters of the Suffrage Atelier, to the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Featuring more than 350 works of art, illustration, photography, performance, graphic design, and publlic protest, this stunning volume showcases the vibrancy and daring of the feminist aesthetic over the last 150 years. -- Contracoberta.

Featured artists include: Beyonce, Louise Bourgeois, Andrea Bowers, Judy Chicago, Vanessa German, Jenny Holzer, Frida Kahlo, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Sethembile Msezane, Zanele Muholi, Shirin Neshat, Pussy Riot, and many more... -- Contracoberta

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