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Feminism and the Artistʼs Book
Related to Materializing "Six Years":
Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art at The Brooklyn Museum
Dates: October 19 – December 30, 2012
Reception: Friday, October 19, 6 – 8pm
at Vespa Properties
262 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Brooklyn, NY – Curator and founder Maddy Rosenberg brings CENTRAL BOOKING back to Brooklyn,
after successful exhibitions in New Orleans and Berlin, with Feminism and the Artistʼs Book. The work
of twenty-six artists and collaborators of the gallery can be seen at Vespa Properties in Cobble Hill
through December 30th.
Artists have dealt with the issue of feminism in their own way, sometimes directly by embracing choice
of materials or subject matter defined as “a womanʼs” province, sometimes quite the opposite, simply
by the fact of being a woman involved in a movement that is considered male dominated, or often a
combination of both, a womenʼs issue heard through what is traditionally thought of as male materials.
In the spirit of Lucy Lippard and her seminal work, CENTRAL BOOKING artists do not confuse
seriousness with solemnity, they have taken very real concerns about the woman or individual women
heroes and delivered smart, engaging and sometimes tactile answers that may be greeted by a Mona
Lisa smile. Lucy Lippard developed exhibitions and writings based at the intersection of conceptual art
and feminism, in answer to those who saw conceptual art as the territory of men, basically because it
dealt with intellectual concerns and pared down textural materials, not seen as the domain of women.
As the work of Lippard exemplifies, conceptualism at its best is not a dry movement and feminism
concern in artmaking is not about being strident in tone, born out by the fact that one can be thoughtful
and playful simultaneously.
The province of womenʼs roles are Evelyn Ellerʼs. Melissa Potter deals with gender and transgender
while itʼs the back to biology for Maddy Rosenberg. Feminism is second nature to the works from
Womenʼs Studio Workshop; Robin Holder climbs Jacobʼs ladder as elegy. Amee Pollack and
collaborator Laurie Spitz tackle the issue politically in an interactive world. Lynne Avadenka believes
the political is the personal over international lines while the political environment is satirized in Sabra
Boothʼs comic treatise. The women of Béatrice Coron doff a hat or encompass a whirlwind. Carolyn
Shattuck chronicles a womanʼs life through her wardrobe; Emily Martin sifts through a womanʼs lifeher own. Anne Gilman shows fresh frayed edges as Janet Goldner forges a tale. Despo Magoni tells
the story of a woman at her wits end, outwitting to save her life. Camille M. Boggs creates a narrative
in a box of female puppets who pull their own strings. Nanette Wylde turns the figurative into the literal.
Karen Hanmer may explore emotions, but Sarah Nicholls culls quotes on relationship advice as
Sarah Stengle gives hopeful advice to a young couple. Mary Ting gives voice to the women of her
past. Within Marilyn R. Rosenberg work timeʼs circling bears upon an aging woman. Robin Ross repaints the paintings of Georgia OʼKeefe. The Girl Scouts will never be the same after finding
themselves in the hands of Julie Shaw Lutts. Miriam Schaer embroiders the words endured by
childless women as Robbin Ami Silverberg prints the words spun about women worldwide and Susan
Share gives us a book ready to stitch.
At a time when it was considered a compliment to tell a woman artist that her work was “like a manʼs,”
Lippard made her own contribution to shining a light on the true meaning of feminism, an ideal that
transcends the art world: that of providing space for a woman to be who she is, whatever that may be,
offering her access to the full range of choices rather than merely a corner, and by doing so, opening up
choices for all.
A catalog of Feminism and the Artistʼs Book is also available as part of the September 2012
issue of CENTRAL BOOKING Magazine: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/448595.
Hours: Saturday & Sunday,12-6 PM and by appointment
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