Suggestions for Topics or Themes in Feminist Art (Choose one or see me if you have a particular area or subject of interest you wish to explore for your research paper. Social Practice Art (Suzanne Lacy, Basia Irland, Lucy Orta, Judy Baca, Marjetica Potrc, Mierle Ukeles)
Feminism and Technology (Video, Computers, Internet etc.)
Cyberfeminisim (Lynn Hershman, see writings Donna Haraway)
Womens Representations of Men (see Sylvia Sleigh, Joan Semmel)
Native American Women Artists (Jaune Quick to See, Maria Martinez, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Carm Little Turtle)
African American Women Artists Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, Elizabeth Caitlett, Mickalene Thomas, Howardina Pindell
Women Artists in Africa Bernie Searles, Marlene Dumas,
Latin American Women Artists Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varos, Lenora Carrington, Graciela Iturbides)
Women Artists in Central or South America (or Cuba) Doris Salcedo, Lygia Clark, Marta Minujin, Tania Bruguera, Ana Mendieta,
Asian American Women Artists Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, Shigeko Kubota
Women Artists in Asia (Shazia Sikander, Nalini Malini, Zarina Hashmi
Arab American Women Artists Shirin Neshat, Nibras Theatre Collective, Laila Essaydi
Women Artists in the Arab world (Etel Adnan, Mona Hatoum, Shirin Neshat, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Gada Amer)
Feminist Film and Filmmakers (Maya Deren, Chantal Ackerman, Agnes Varda, Trinh T. Minh Ha, Carolee Schneemann, Joyce Wieland, Lida Abdul, see Women Make Movies, Electronic Arts Intermix)
Art and Autobiography in Womens Art (see Sophie Calle, Annette Messager
Sexual Identity and Representation Carolee Schneemann
Women as Vampires, Femmes Fatales, and Other Threatening Female Representations PinUp Girls, Maria Elena Buszek
Androgyny
Humor and Feminism Guerilla Girls
Feminist Performance Art Marina Abramovic, Rachel Rosenthal, Joan Jonas, Karen Finley
Women and Photography Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, Mary Ellen Mark, Imogene Cunningham, Tina Modotti, Catherine Opie
Feminist Art Critics/Historians (Lucy Lippard, Griselda Pollock, Marsha Tucker, Lisa Tickner, bell hooks, Linda Nochlin, Trinh T. Minh Ha, Arlene Raven, Mira Schor etc.)
Images of Motherhood see PowerPoint
The Lesbian Voice in Contemporary Art
Women and the Decorative Arts (Eileen Gray, Ray Eames,
Representing the Body in Womens Art
Why Are There No Great Female Architects? (Zaha Hadid)
Women and Design see Modern Women MOMA
Groundbreaking Exhibitions or Installations on Women Artists or Feminist Art
Womens Art Collectives
Feminist Art and the Environment (Ecofeminism) Helen Harrison, Mierle Ukeles, Agnes Denes, Basia Irland,
Nineteenth-Century Women: artists and/or as art subjects
Women and The Early 20th Century Avant-Garde Delaunay, Arp, Anni Albers
Women and Surrealism or Abstract Expressionism Meret Oppenheim, Lee Miller
pick one: Gauguins/Renoirs/Picassos/Matisses/De Koonings/Salles Representations of Women
Post-feminism: Cultural Myth/Backlash/Media InventionBIBLIOGRAPHY
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monographs).Brooklyn Museum Feminist Art Research Database Link:
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