This module takes you around the globe and study women artists of the late-twentieth to twenty-first centuries. We examine art and identity and the international voices of women making art worldwide.
Consider this: What is the difference between migration and diaspora? Migration may be defined as "the movement of persons from one country or locality to another." Diaspora may be defined as "the forcing of any people or ethnic population to leave their traditional homelands, the dispersal of such people, and the ensuing developments in their culture." These two scenarios are important to a deeper understanding of the women artists and works we'll explore.
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In this section of Women in World History, international contemporary women artists and influential cultural issues are discussed.
Walker's work explores race and gender and the best-known examples are large-scale silhouettes.
Alison Saar is the daughter of Betye Saar whose work also transforms found objects. Her sculptures address identity and race.
Abromovic is Serbian-American performance artist who recently had a major retrospective at MoMA.
Hatoum was born in Beirut to Palestinian parents and trained in England. Her politcal sculptures and installations often address themes of displacement.
Neshat is an Iranian artist who studied in the United States. Her work addresses women's identity in a fundamentalist Islamic society.
Houshiary is an Iranian sculptor and her work combines Islamic motifs with minialism.
Essaydi was born in Morocco and her meticulously created images featuring the female body confront the western concepts of orientalism and exoticism.
Mutu is a Kenyan born artist who works in New York. She typically creates collages and her work was recently selected for the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mehretu was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Michigan. Her paintings are labor intensive and address identity and cultural history.
Kusama is a Japanese artist whose best known projects are large-scale installations in which the viewer is completely immersed. Her career was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition that traveled to several museums across the country.
Mayer is a Mexican conceptual artist.
Salcedo is a Columbian sculptor whose work addresses memory and trauma.
Hashmi is an Indian printmaker who resides in New York.
Gowda is an Indian artist who creates sculptures from found materials.
There are several international artists/publishers web pages posted. Review these Internet resources, return here and respond to the instructions below:
1. Select one work of art from the Week 7 International Resources links posted in Course Content.
2. Potential discussion topics: