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Difference and Excess in Contemporary Art

The Visibility of Women's Practice

Gill Perry editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:6th Feb '04

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This thought-provoking book explores the increasing visibility of women’s art in Britain, Europe and America.


  • Considers the work of American artists Martha Rosler and Kara Walker, Irish artist Alice Maher, British artists Lubaina Himid, Christine Borland, Sarah Lucas, Cornelia Parker, Gillian Wearing and Rachel Whiteread, and the international performance group, moti roti.

  • Features specially-commissioned interviews with some of these artists.

  • Covers diverse media, from sculpture and painting through to photography, installations, video and performance.

"This is a prepossessing volume... all contributions raise questions that are indeed pressing, and address them in thought-provoking and, on the whole, insightful ways." The Art Book

ISBN: 9781405112024

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 11mm

Weight: 435g

208 pages