SOSC 1502 Lecture : lesson13.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1502
• Professor: Barbara Cameron

Document Summary

Jes sachse, body language: self portrait, offers herself as a subject, invites the viewer to stare, controlling the stare, a facilitator of discourse, makes herself vulnerable i was scared that day , a story of a life, not a disability, an example of queer feminist art. Guerrilla girls advantages of being a woman artist: sarcastic poster list posted in the 1990s, call themselves the consciousness of the art world (cid:224) guerrilla tactics to attack the art world, when we go to a big gallery (ago) we are only seeing about 10% of the picture (cid:224) explicit oppression of minority groups and subject matter. The dinner party, judy chicago, 1974 1979 (cid:224) an experience in form and colour, large scale, impolite, plate settings in a large triangular table, each plate setting represents a real or mythological woman: rudely adjusting the scale of the minute, asserting that women"s contribution in history cannot be ignored, elevates ordinarily feminine craft (embroidery, china painting, etc. )