Les femmes ont longtemps été perçues par les artistes comme des objets de représentation et des muses. Aujourd'hui, les artistes femmes ne sont plus obligées de travailler dans l'anonymat ni de prendre des pseudonymes masculins, mais elles sont encore particulièrement absentes des musées et l'interrogation posée par les Guerrilla Girls, en 1989, dans les rues de New York, garde toute sa force : «Les femmes doivent-elles être nues pour entrer au Metropolitan Museum ?» Dans cet ouvrage, Flavia Frigeri met en lumière le travail remarquable d'artistes femmes et explore la vie d'une cinquantaine d'entre elles, du XVI? siècle à nos jours, parmi lesquelles Artemisia Gentileschi, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo ou encore Louise Bourgeois. Ce guide essentiel comprend en outre une fascinante chronologie des accomplissements réussis par des femmes depuis 1558 ; on y trouvera aussi des suggestions de lectures pour aller plus loin, ainsi qu'un index des artistes femmes du monde entier.
Avec ses couleurs audacieuses, son imagerie flashy et son esprit sarcastique, le pop art dépasse les frontières traditionnelles de la culture classique. Flavia Frigeri nous présente un mouvement centré sur les objets du quotidien, depuis ses débuts dans le consumérisme américain et britannique de l'après-guerre (Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol) jusqu'à sa fascinante ascension mondiale dans les années 1960 (le japonais Ushio Shinohara, la vénézuélienne Marisol, l'argentine Marta Minujin...). Organisé autour des grands thèmes du pop art (publicité, politique, maison, biens de consommation, histoire de l'art, culture des célébrités, guerre et course à l'espace), cet ouvrage est une introduction essentielle au mouvement qui transforme le «populaire» en art.Ce guide essentiel comprend en outre une chronologie des grands moments des années 1950-1960, un glossaire indispensable des termes du pop art et des suggestions de lectures pour aller plus loin.
The first English-language monograph on silversmith, sculptor, jeweler, and artist Wiwen Nilsson, whose work is a gem in the history of Swedish design.
Featuring superb new photography, stunning archive imagery, and texts by leading international curators, commentators, and experts, this book is the first English-language monograph dedicated to the life and work of Wiwen Nilsson, a pioneer of art deco and mid-century design and silverware. Lavishly illustrated and deeply insightful, the book provides an overview of Nilsson's personal and professional development, bringing the main facets of his artistic and functional production into sharp focus, as well as presenting important new research about his achievements.
A particular emphasis is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of Wiwen Nilsson's practice, and notably on the bridge he built between the realm of fine arts and the world of design.
The book includes thematic essays focusing on his silverware products-his sculptural oeuvre, his jewelry production, and his participation in Swedish and international exhibitions. Contributors include Dr. Flavia Frigeri (National Portrait Gallery, UK), Alice Rawsthorn (award-winning design critic), Dr. Teresa Kittler (University of York, UK), and Clare Philips (Victoria & Albert Museum, UK).
This first English book about Ho Kan, a pioneering Chinese artist who lived in Milan from 1964 to 2014, features exceptional artworks and groundbreaking research.
Ho Kan's pioneering work is a meeting of many worlds, bringing together ideas and inspiration that are as rooted in notions of East and West as they are in the past and present. Delicately balanced on the cusp of Western geometry, and on the lines, shapes, and forms of Chinese characters, this book traces the artist's creative trajectory from his co-founding of the radical Ton Fan Group in Taipei to the dynamic cultural milieu of 1960s Milan, the city he lived in until 2014.
Featuring some 200 exceptional illustrations of the artist's life and work, comprehensive critical research, and personal interviews with Ho Kan, the essays in this book explore the artist's interactions and experiences in Taipei and Milan alongside those of other Italian and international artists from that period, mapping his artistic journey from surrealism toward abstraction, laying out his extraordinary legacy as a leading transcultural artist.
A visual chronology of women's accomplishments over the past century.
This volume showcases 123 women from 1900 to the present day who have made significant contributions historically, culturally, socially and academically in Britain and beyond?among them, Annie Kenney, Katherine Mansfield, Claudia Jones, Ray Strachey, Zadie Smith, Tessa Jowell, Jane Goodall, Olive Morris, Malala Yousafzai and Bernardine Evaristo.
The book is structured around a timeline that focuses on one woman per year, reflecting significant events in their careers and lives, which are discussed in extended captions and illustrated with portraits. This accessible presentation of the content helps readers contextualize the work of these women in history.
Contributors punctuate this timeline with essays highlighting the role of women in fields including science, design, literature and activism, in addition to essays on self-portraiture, celebrity culture and photography. Women at Work also features quotes from some of the women featured, including excerpts from poetry, lectures and interviews.
À travers la vie et l'oeuvre de cinquante artistes femmes (Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta, Barbara Kruger, Cyndi Sherman, Louise Bourgeois et les Guerriglia Girls parmi d'autres), ce livre propose une relecture de l'histoire de l'art du baroque à nos jours pour mettre en valeur la contribution féminine à l'art et à la culture occidentale, trop longtemps subordonnée à celle des hommes.
