- The Feminist Art Project
- WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
- October 4, 2008 to January 18, 2009
Vancouver Art Gallery, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
The first comprehensive, historical exhibition to examine the international foundations and legacy of feminist art, WACK! focuses on 1965 to 1980, the crucial period during which the majority of feminist activism and art-making occurred in North America. The exhibition includes the work of approximately 100 artists from the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Comprising work in a broad range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, film, video and performance art, the exhibition is organized around themes based on media, geography, formal concerns, and collective aesthetic and political impulses. The exhibition is curated by MOCA Curator Connie Butler and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution is made possible by generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the National Endowment for the Arts; The Peter Norton Family Foundation; Audrey M. Irmas; the Fifth Floor Foundation; and The Cowles Charitable Trust.We are pleased to inform you that the following 3 venues have agreed to host the tour of this historic exhibition, after MOCA from March 4, 2007 to July 16, 2007.
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Published by Iwanami Shoten, the novel spans more than 30 years in the life of a Japanese woman and her family. While in the United State during 1960's Idemitsu met Sam Francis who she married and had two sons. As she developed her roles as wife, mother and artist, she found herself in the company of luminaries such as Henry Miller, isamu Noguch, Anais Nin and Ry Cooder.
