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GUERRILLA GIRLS: FEMINIST ART SINCE 1970
Feminist art emerged within the context of the Women’s Liberation movement of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. A generation later, this movement calls for reintegration into art’s mainstream.This course will examine the works of well-known women artists such as Judy Chicago, MiriamSchapiro, Alice Neel, Ana Mendieta, and many others, who have changed the shape of the art world. Political activist groups such as the world-renowned, international Gorilla Girls will be studied and interviewed, when possible. ARH-0176 is preparatory but not required. Offered upon rotation with other courses in modern art and women’s studies.