Art Tours

Modern Women Artists

Frida Kahlo, "Broken Column" (1944) [left] and "The Love Embrace of
the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, and Senor Xolotl" (1949) [right].

Frida Kahlo, "Roots" (1943)

Kahlo biography/images. See also The World of Frida Kahlo--read/view these sections: Biography, Quotes, Paintings. Here is Frida Kahlo (Natl Museum of Women's Art)--short biography and one image in the "Portfolio." And here are four excellent images. See these good large Kahlo images with some commentary. Self-Portrait between the Borderline of Mexico and the United States--links lead to a discussion of the painting.
Good collection of paintings (1) and paintings (2), and her self-portraits (1), self-portraits (2), and self-portraits (3) (click on the "empty" boxes). NOTE: Some of the thumbnail links are out of order, but try the one above or below because these are some of the clearer images on the web.
Frida Kahlo: Contemporary Thoughts, Disturbing Art--excellent site with essays. Saint Frida--review of her diaries.

Introduction to Chicago's Art.
At the Judy Chicago Home Page, scroll to bottom of page and click/read Biography. In the next section, click The Dinner Party (in left-hand column). MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF EACH SCREEN AND READ THE NARRATIVE. There are about 10 screens. To go to the next screen, scroll UP near top of screen and click NEXT button. This page also has links to her other major projects: Womanhouse, International Quilting Bee, Birth Project, Powerplay, Holocaust Project, Resolutions.
More dinner settings (click on Snake Goddess; Wollstonecraft 2; Sojourner; Dickinson).
Sexual Politics Show, Part I--essay on viewing Chicago's art show. See also Post-feminism? Ridiculous--recent interview of Chicago. Image of primordial goddess plate. Scholarly article on Judy Chicago: The Chicago Resolutions.

Naranjo-Morse biography--scroll down to "Writing Available Online" and read these poems: Childlike Enthusiasm; Gia's Song; The Living Exhibit under the Museum's Portal; Money Beasts; Mud Woman's First Encounter . . .; There is Nothing like an Idea; Towa; Tradition & Change; When Mudwoman Begins. Read her views on her medium in Preface to MudWoman (note the poem Clay Mother in the Preface). View this sculpture--Khwee-seng (Woman-Man).
Sculpture and commentary--view these sculptures: Pearlene, Four Figures, and Mudwoman. Also note the Mudwoman poem here--When the Clay Calls. Sometimes She Just Sits--another sculpture by Naranjo-Morse.
What some reviewers have said about her sculptures/poems. Native American Art at the End of the Millennium--Eaton's discussion with Nora and other artists. Here is a general essay on Native American pottery/women's art. Nora Naranjo-Morse's "Mud Woman" Poems and Sculptures--excerpt from scholarly study.

Ringgold's Home Page--biography and many links. Read The "Story" behind her Painted Story Quilts--her French Collection and American Collections of quilts. Read biography/interview--comments on her Aunt Jemima image and on her slavery motifs. Two paintings/commentary: Picnic at Giverny; Flag for the Moon--good links here also. See also Tar Beach Quilt, 1988.
19th Century Slave Quilts: Harriet Powers. See also Harriet Power's 19th century pictorial quilts. See African American Story Bible Quilts by Harriet Powers--biography and excellent image of Adam and Eve Naming the Animals from the Smithsonian. More links to quilts made by slaves. Many links on African-American quilts and quilters, historical and contemporary.
Representation in Art and Film: Identity and Stereotype--good lesson plan on reversing racial stereotypes in the art of Ringgold and Saar (see below).

Betye Saar--many links. See The Liberation of Aunt Jemima and other artwork. Commentary/Saar images here.
Representation in Art and Film: Identity and Stereotype--good lesson plan on reversing racial stereotypes in the art Saar and Ringgold (see above).

Barbara Kruger, "Your Body Is a Battleground" (1989)

Kruger biography/links; another Kruger biography with image (You Are Not Yourself). See also Living in the Eighties--good description of retrospective exhibit.
Commentary and artwork with more links. See also Barbara--commentary, images, and brief biography (Kruger's exhibit at the Whitney Museum). Barbara Kruger--Your Body is a Battleground--magazine article. Kruger Image/comments on Your Body Is a Battleground. Here is her critique of patriarchy/abuse of power: Kruger images/commentary. Read about her Look like us" exhibit in Australia and then view Kruger pictures of it--and an even more dramatic Kruger picture of it.
Male and Female Ways of Viewing--excerpts from Berger, Foucault, Mulvey, etc.; Mainlining Postmodernism--scholarly article on Kruger and others.

It's All about the Apple, or Is It? (Origins)--art/essay about goddess art by contemporary eco-artists Nancy Macko, Barbara Bruch, Susan King, and Debra Uhls
It's All about the Apple, or Is It? (Native Visions)--art/essay about nature/spirituality by contemporary Southwestern women artists.
It's All About the Apple, or Is It? (Activist Practice)--art/essay about eco-activist artists.
Nature, Culture, Public Space--art/essay about public space art by twelve contemporary eco-artists.
Betty LaDuke, Artistic Journey from Oregon to Timbuctoo (click on the four sections: Identity; Community, Spirituality; Locality)--4-part autobiographical essay on the development of woman eco-artist; many images included.

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