Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections - Hardcover

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9780520230651: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections

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ISBN 10: 0520230655 ISBN 13: 9780520230651

Publisher: University of California Press, 2002

Art/Women/California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections is an unprecedented examination of the impact that specific women artists, working in California in the second half of the twentieth century, have had on broadening the definition of art. Twenty preeminent scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds investigate how the vast sociopolitical changes of the post-World War II era affected these women and how the ensuing events influenced the art that they produced. This book outlines the role these pivotal artists and their work played in reshaping the California cultural profile into what it is today.

Illustrated with more than one hundred color plates and duotones, Art/Women/California 1950-2000 reveals the richness of this fifty-year period by contrasting and comparing the artists and their varied artistic practices in relation to the larger sociopolitical context. The book employs a variety of historical perspectives to reflect the distinct and parallel experiences of California's major cultural communities while revealing points of intersection by analyzing shared themes and practices.

Because California serves as a gateway for a myriad of immigrants and an epicenter for the feminist movement, and because of its history of activism, its culture of experimentation, and its reputation for innovative technology and media, the state has evolved into a crucial and inspirational environment for women artists. Their work continues to transform our perceptions and revitalize art's connections to its surrounding environment and community. Exploring the conjuncture between place and artistic activity from multiple perspectives, this book stands as a testament to the rich diversity that is contemporary California culture.

This book is a copublication with the San Jose Museum of Art

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From the Inside Flap:

"This is the book on women’s art I’ve been waiting for smart, deeply rooted, and up-to-date, with an overdue focus on women of color that fills in the historical cracks. Read it and run with it." Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art

"More than merely beautiful and ground-breaking, Art/ Women/ California 1950-2000 is also about the enriching interventions created by diverse women artists, the effect of whose work is not only far-reaching, but has also opened up the very definition of American art. It is about intellectual interdisciplinality and the dialectical relationship between art and social context. It is about the way various California cultures Native, Latino, Asian, feminist, immigrant, politically active, and virtual, which are so different from the trope of the Western cowboy have intervened in that entity we imagine as America.’ " Elaine Kim, editor of Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism

"Rich and provocative. A pleasure to read and to look at." Linda Nochlin, author of The Body in Pieces: The Fragment as a Metaphor of Modernity

"This book should greatly help everyone understand the remarkably diversified evolution of art in California, which is largely due to the great influx of women and the transformative effect of a new feminist consciousness." Arthur C. Danto, author of Philosophizing Art: Selected Essays

About the Author:

Diana Burgess Fuller is an editor, curator, and arts administrator. Daniela Salvioni is an art critic and curator.

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