Feminist Art Research Paper

Feminist art begun in the 1960’s. Feminist movements began to take place during the mid nineteenth centaury. Beginning in the mid 1800’s groups of people were gathering together in the fight for women’s rights. On July 19, 1848 many men and women gathered together along side Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, in Seneca Falls, New York, in a battle to achieve woman’s rights. Two days later one hundred both men and women signed the “Declaration of Sentiments.” A document that stated that all men and woman were created equal. Feminist movements first begun with the woman’s suffrage movement and then continued until the passage of the 19th amendment, which would allow woman to vote. The passage of the 19th amendment happened during the
Performance art, Body art, Video art, and Textile art all crossed paths with feminism art. Performance art not only crossed paths with feminism during the 1970’s but beyond that as well. Performance art allowed woman to directly communicate their message across. They were able to do this by physically and instinctually through Performance art. They were actually in front of the viewers, which made it hard for viewers to ignore. It was common for artist, in Performance art, to have a personal aspect attached to their work. Many of the pieces that were performed were very relatable for these women during this time
However Body art unlike Performance art sometimes could work in contrary to feminism. Lucy Lippard for example brought on to attention for example, that some woman were using their bodies in their own art work, she believed that this could be misinterpreted by others and instead be seen as the woman body being an object or a piece of material. Some artist however not only used their bodies in their performances but also included different types of mutilations. Artist used things such as blood on their bodies that helped symbolize important aspects in life and fertility. Video art and Feminism art also merged together during this time period. Video art had the potential of getting a point across to many people through different broadcasts. The Woman’s Building played a part in Video art by providing equipment needed to make Video art to woman artist. They called this part of the building the Los Angeles Women’s Video Center, known as the LAWVC. During this time period it was hard to get hands on Video art equipment and by the Woman’s Building helping many woman artist had a new door open for