Day: Wednesdays
Dates: 24 January – 20 March 2024 (1 x week break for Half Term – Wednesday 14 February)
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Level: Beginners
Tutor: Dr Oriana Fox
Location: 124 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4DJ
Cost: £200
COURSE OVERVIEW
The impact of feminism on art has produced radical and groundbreaking work, introducing new subject matter and pioneering new forms. This course will outline a rich genealogy of feminist art as it has developed in Euro-American contexts and beyond, both by looking at the work of artists influenced by feminist politics since the 1960s, and by considering how a feminist lens can change the way we look at art made throughout history, and even the category of art itself.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce students to the scope of art informed by feminism from the late 1960s to the present including examples that take dominant forms such as painting and sculpture, to those designated as feminine, such as craft and textiles; in addition to installation, performance art and socially-engaged practice. In place of a chronological account, we will explore feminist art via themes that connect artists across generations and geographies via shared subject matter and/or form, always taking into account the particularities of their respective socio-political contexts.
Because feminist art is rooted in the analyses and commitments of feminist politics, it is not a stylistic category nor simply any art produced by women. As such, it resists categorisation and definition. We will therefore begin the course by attempting to arrive at a working understanding of feminist art, what it includes and excludes, informed by relevant debates within feminist art theory. Additional topics covered include:
– Feminist Art as Activism
– Self-Representation and The Gaze
– Masculine and Feminine Role-Play, Personae & Performativity
– Maternity, Menstruation & Reproductive Rights
– Domestic Labour
– Violence Against Women
– Socially-engaged, Community Art and Collaboration
– Feminist Art’s Intersections: Class, Sexuality, Race, Ethnicity, Ability and Age
The course is suitable for those with no previous background in art history, but it should also be of interest for those with some pre-existing knowledge.
Suggested reading will be provided, but this will not be required for the course.
What is included: All teaching
What isn’t included: Please bring writing material.
15% discount available for City & Guilds of London Art School students, alumni and staff. Contact eveningcourses@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk to receive the discount code.
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Image: Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground), Barbara Kruger, 1989, photographic silkscreen on vinyl, 112 x 112 in. (284.48 x 284.48 cm)