Art, Feminism, and Community
Feminist Art Histories from Turkey, 1973-1998
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:21st Nov '24
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How do artists, communities, and art connect with one another? How might multiple feminist views be used to interpret art? Art, Feminism, and Community: Feminist Art Histories from Turkey, 1973-1998 examines the lives and communities of artists and their works from Turkey. It suggests that feminisms shape artists' relationships and practices. It analyses seven major case studies and details rarely seen paintings, installations, photographs, drawings, batik, and performance art from 1973 to 1998. The work brings together twenty artists and cultural figures in a world of multifaceted relationships that influence the creation of new art. Uncovering familial, professional, and friendship links, it recreates transnational networks, intellectual collectives, political alliances, and ethnic communities. It demonstrates how artists have analysed their own experiences in their works, reflecting the effects of their communities and lives, even though these themes have been mostly overlooked in Turkish art history.
With Art, Feminism, and Community, Özpınar rewrites the narrative of modern and contemporary global art histories by centering feminism and women-identifying artists of Turkey, thereby newly illuminating the contentious negotiations, struggles, and debates at the core of late twentieth-century art worlds. * Rebecca M. Brown, Johns Hopkins University *
Özpınar brings new and exciting discussions to feminist analysis of contemporary art and to analysis of Turkish modern/contemporary culture. This extremely well-researched book will undoubtedly contribute immensely to feminist art historiography in particular, as well as to the contemporary literature on feminist art, on Turkish art, and on contemporary art more generally. * Hilary Robinson, Loughborough University *
This book is a remarkable tapestry of granular stories about art and feminism. Özpınar, through a relational reading of works by several major artists vis-à-vis their subjectivities moulded by artistic, social, and political environments, offers a powerful alternative to Turkish art histories. * Belgin Turan Özkaya, Middle East Technical University *
ISBN: 9780197267837
Dimensions: 240mm x 160mm x 20mm
Weight: 688g
272 pages