Radical Eroticism

Women, Art, and Sex in the 1960s
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-520-29458-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 908 g

In the 1960s, the fascination with erotic art generated a wave of exhibitions and critical discussion on sexual freedom, visual pleasure, and the nude in contemporary art. Radical Eroticism examines the importance of women’s contributions in fundamentally reconfiguring representations of sexuality across several areas of advanced art—performance, pop, postminimalism, and beyond. This study shows that erotic art made by women was integral to the profound changes that took place in American art during the sixties, from the crumbling of modernist aesthetics and the expanding field of art practice to the emergence of the feminist art movement. Artists Carolee Schneemann, Martha Edelheit, Marjorie Strider, Hannah Wilke, and Anita Steckel created works that exemplify these innovative approaches to the erotic, exploring female sexual subjectivities and destabilizing assumptions about gender. Rachel Middleman reveals these artists’ radical interventions in both aesthetic conventions and social norms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Middleman, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Erotische Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Performing Eros: Carolee Schneemann
2. Figures of Fantasy: Martha Edelheit
3. Pop Perversions: Marjorie Strider
4. Abstract Eroticism: Hannah Wilke
5. Gender Play: Anita Steckel
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Middleman is Assistant Professor of Art History at California State University, Chico.