Tag: Feminist Art

  • Beyond Beauty, Durango Herald, March 17, 2009

    SITE Santa Fe exhibit pushes boundaries of aesthetics “You are here, 2008” Judith Schaechter Much contemporary art is highly intellectualized, sprouting from institutes of higher learning, embedded in a system that eschews beauty and prefers provocation. Art today is in-your-face, shocking, gigantic, but rarely is it pretty. At SITE Santa Fe, Laura Heon has curated…

  • The F Word Art: Five Feminist Fables for the 21st Century

    Through the Flower is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Maureen Burdock, one of two winners of the “New Mexico Feminists Under Forty” juried competition. This exhibit was juried by Judy Chicago and organized by Through the Flower and featured the work of fourteen young feminist artists working in New Mexico. Maureen Burdock will…

  • Feminists Under Forty show honors novel and neon, Durango Herald, March 21, 2008

    BELEN, N.M. – Feminists know the name Judy Chicago. She is an artist, author, feminist and educator whose work spans 40 years. She pioneered feminist art and education through programs at California State University, Fresno, and the California Institute of Arts. In 1974, Chicago turned her attention to the history of women and created her…