This month’s post is another artist highlight, about the incredible performance artist, philosopher, conceptual artist, and photographer Adrian Piper! Her work, which poignantly addresses themes of gender, otherness, race, ostracism, and self-analysis, has greatly impacted Post-Modern, Feminist, and Conceptual art. Her genre-defying, multifaceted, revolutionary work spans various disciplines and media, and her ongoing career has lasted six decades. Born in…
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Reclaiming the Canvas: Suzanne Valadon
From sculptures of Greek goddesses in ancient temples to high-fashion models on Vogue covers, we can see women everywhere in art; rich or poor, young or old, impeccably dressed or completely naked. However, less common are the females behind the canvas: history provides us with a dearth of well-known female names. I’ve talked about this in previous posts – I…
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Artist Highlight: Who was Hannah Höch?
My first encounter with Hannah Höch was through my first year introductory Art History class. From the start, I was hooked; whether it was her politically charged Dada artwork, her innovation in the style of photomontage, her feminist values, or her bisexuality, something about Höch resonated with me. Both an incredible and unique artist and someone with important political views,…
