Ewa Partum, Self-idenification, 1980, photo © Courtesy ewa partum, Artum Foundation, ewa partum museum
WORKING TOGETHER: OPEN DISCUSSION ON LINKING FEMINIST ART – A.I.R. MEETS LAW
Sunday, September 17 from 3-4:30 PM
A.I.R. Gallery 155 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Two collectives dedicated to artistic work (A.I.R.) and art historical research (LAW) meet to discuss current and possible connections between feminist art and art history in the United States and former socialist Europe.
The focus of the meeting is the emancipatory art production and the collective empowerment strategies of artists who identify as women, from the 1970s to the present day. How can we interpret similar artistic interventions, strategies, and working methods on both sides of the Iron Curtain? How to imagine the possible connections and exchanges between them? What was the significance of collective and collaborative work for the feminist art movement in the USA, and how can we form feminist transnational alliances today?
We will also discuss what art feminisms have in common today in terms of current situations and concerns, with a particular focus on the 50-year history of the struggle for reproductive rights in the US and currently also in parts of post-socialist Europe.
The meeting takes the form of an open collective public discussion and is open to all.