Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

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The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth level of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City . The center is named after and founded by Elizabeth Sackler , a New York historian, philanthropist and art collector.

history

Detail from The Dinner Party

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opened on March 23, 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum as the first museum of its kind. In addition to a museum, it is also a study center in which art is developed from a feminist perspective. It sees itself as a link for feminist art , theory and activism. On an area of ​​770 m² it creates an interactive environment to investigate the influence of feminism in art and culture. The center was funded by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation and designed by New York architect Susan Rodriguez .

Judy Chicago's installation The Dinner Party has been located here since 2007 . The installation was started from Chicago in 1974 and completed in 1979. Chicago's feminist work of art, The Dinner Party, is the symbolic story of important women from Western cultures. Symbolized by 39 sophisticated, individual place settings, among which there are hand-painted porcelain plates, ceramic cutlery and goblets, on embroidered runners with serviettes, arranged along a solid triangular table. In addition to these 39 outstanding women, the names of 999 other well-known women from history can be found in gold letters on white triangular tiles that form the floor of the installation.

The center's forum is used as a conference venue for public programs on feminist issues and is also a platform for advocacy on women's issues with exhibitions on feminist art and galleries on feminist history. The work is supported by the Council for Feminist Art . The members discuss the relevance of feminism for visual culture with Marilyn Greenberg, the chairman of the council, and Catherine Morris, curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center, and take part in exhibition openings and private visits by artists.

Feminist Art Base

Another initiative of the center is the Feminist Art Base , a digital archive dedicated exclusively to feminist art. It profiles prominent and most promising authors in the field of feminist art. The database is available to researchers as an archive of artists from the 1960s to the early 2000s.

Exhibitions

The center was opened on March 23, 2007 with the exhibition Global Feminisms . It ran until July 1, 2007 and was the first international exhibition on contemporary feminist art .

  • An Art of Our Own: Women Ceramicists from the Permanent Collection ; March 23, 2007 - July 26, 2008
  • Artist Project: Between the Door and the Street ; October 10-20, 2013
  • Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection ; October 31, 2008 - April 5, 2009
  • Chicago in LA: Judy Chicago's Early Work, 1963-74 ; April 4 - September 28, 2014
  • Eva Hesse Specters 1960 ; September 16, 2011 - January 8, 2012
  • The Fertile Goddess ; December 19, 2008 - May 31, 2009
  • Ghada Amer : Love Has No End ; February 16 - October 19, 2008
  • Global Feminisms ; March 23 - July 1, 2007
  • Global Feminisms Remix ; August 3, 2007 - February 3, 2008
  • Healing the Wounds of War: The Brooklyn Sanitary Fair of 1864 ; January 29 - October 17, 2010
  • Judy Chicago's Feminist Pedagogy and Alternative Spaces ; September 29 - November 16, 2014
  • Käthe Kollwitz : Prints from the 'War' and 'Death' portfolios ; March 15 - November 10, 2013
  • Kiki Smith : Sojourn ; February 12 - September 12, 2010
  • Lorna Simpson : Gathered ; January 28 - August 21, 2011
  • Materializing 'Six Years': Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art ; September 14, 2012 - February 17, 2013
  • Matthew Buckingham: The Spirit and the Letter ; September 3, 2011 - January 8, 2012
  • Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes , 1913-1919 ; January 20 - August 19, 2012
  • Patricia Cronin: Harriet Hosmer , Lost and Found ; June 5, 2009 - January 24, 2010
  • Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses ; February 3, 2007 - February 3, 2008
  • Rachel Kneebone: Regarding Rodin ; January 27 - August 12, 2012
  • Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video May 1, 2009 - January 10, 2010
  • Sam Taylor-Wood : Ghosts ; October 30, 2010 - August 14, 2011
  • Twice Militant: Lorraine Hansberry ’s Letters to The Ladder ; November 22, 2013 - March 16, 2014
  • Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968 ; October 15, 2010 - January 9, 2011
  • Votes for Women ; February 16 - November 30, 2008
  • Wangechi Mutu : A Fantastic Journey ; October 11, 2013 - March 9, 2014
  • Wish tree ; November 15, 2012 - January 6, 2013
  • Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts ; March 15 - September 15, 2013

Awards

In March 2012, the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art celebrated its fifth birthday. In this context, the center donated the award: Sackler Center First Awards . The award was designed by Elizabeth Sackler and is awarded to women who have broken a gender barrier to achieve remarkable achievement in their respective field.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Feminist art gets place of pride in Brooklyn . In: The New York Times . 2007, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com ).
  2. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Council for Feminist Art. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Brooklyn Museum: Feminist Art Base. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  4. ^ Brooklyn Museum. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  5. ^ An Art of Our Own: Women Ceramicists from the Permanent Collection
  6. ^ Artist Project: Between the Door and the Street
  7. ^ Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection
  8. ↑ Chicago in LA: Judy Chicago's Early Work, 1963-74
  9. ^ Eva Hesse Specters 1960
  10. ^ The Fertile Goddess
  11. ↑ Ghada Amer: Love Has No End
  12. ↑ Global Feminisms
  13. ↑ Global Feminisms Remix
  14. ^ Healing the Wounds of War: The Brooklyn Sanitary Fair of 1864
  15. ^ Judy Chicago's Feminist Pedagogy and Alternative Spaces
  16. ^ Käthe Kollwitz: Prints from the 'War' and 'Death' portfolios
  17. ↑ Kiki Smith: Sojourn
  18. ^ Lorna Simpson: Gathered
  19. ^ Materializing 'Six Years': Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art
  20. ↑ Matthew Buckingham, 'The Spirit and the Letter'
  21. ^ Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes, 1913-1919
  22. ↑ Patricia Cronin: Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found
  23. ^ Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses
  24. ↑ Rachel Kneebone: Regarding Rodin
  25. ^ Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video
  26. ↑ Sam Taylor-Wood: 'Ghosts'
  27. ↑ Twice Militant: Lorraine Hansberry's Letters to 'The Ladder'
  28. ^ Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968
  29. ^ Votes for Women
  30. ↑ Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey
  31. ↑ Wish Tree
  32. ↑ 'workt by hand': Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts
  33. ↑ Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .

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