ArtWomenCalifornia 1950-2000 - Parallels and Intersections

416 Pages·2002·68.743 MB·English

by  Diana Burgess Fuller

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Art/Women/California i^^o-^ooo: Mi'&Md»-0,ndIntersections
is anunprecedented examinationofthe impactthatspecific
womenartists, workinginGaUforniainthe secondhalfof
thetwentiethcentuiy, havehadonbroadeningthedefinition
ofart. Twentypreeminentscholarsfromdiversecultural
backgrounds investigatehowthevastsociopolitical changes
ofthepost—WorldWarII eraaffectedthesewomenandhow
the ensuingevents influencedthe artthattheyproduced.
Thisbookoutlinesthe rolethesepivotalartists andtheir
workplayedinreshapingthe Californiaculturalprofileinto
whatitistoday.
Illustratedwithmorethanonehundredcolorplates
andblack-and-whitereproductions,^rt/IFomen/CaU/omia
7950-^000 revealsthe richness ofthisfifty-yearperiodby
contrastingandcomparingthe artists andtheirvaried artis-
ticpracticesinrelationtothelargersociopolitical context.
Thebookemploys avarietyofhistoricalperspectivesto
reflectthe distinctandparallelexperiences ofCalifornia's
majorculturalcommunitieswhile revealingpoints ofinter-
sectionbyanalyzingsharedthemesandpractices.
Because Californiaservesas agatewayforamyriad
ofimmigrantsandanepicenterforthefeministmovement,
andbecause ofitshistoryofactivism, itsculture ofexperi-
mentation, andit&reputationforinnovativetechnologyand
media, the statehas evolved into acrucialandinspirational
environmentforwomenartists. Theirworkcontinuesto
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transformouirperceptionsandrevitalize art's connections
to its surrouri'dingenvironmentand community. Exploring
the conjunctixre^'betwe'enplace, andartistic activityfrom
muhipleperspectiy^thisboolcstands asatestamentto '
therichdiversitytha^fcontemporaryCaliforniaculture.

ART/ WOMEN /CALIFORNIA
1950-2000

ART/WOMEN/CALIFORNIA
1950-2000
£Z EDITORS
<^ DIANA BURGESS FULLER and
_C0 DANIELA SALVIONl
POETRY EDITOR
03 GAIL TSUKIYAMA
_03 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
DEBORAH MUNK
Published in association with the San Jose Museum ofArt
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley/LosAngeles/London
UniversityofCaliforniaPress Excerptfrom"BloodSisters"—FromEarth- "Yes,WeAi-eNotInvisible"-FromWe.the
BerkeleyandLosAngeles,California quakeWeatherbyJaniceGould.Copyright© Dangerous:NewandSelectedPoemsbyJanice
UniversityofCaliforniaPress,Ltd. 1996byJaniceGould.Reprintedbypermis- Mirikitani,ViragoPress,London,England,
London,England sionoftheUniversityofArizonaPress. 1995;reprintedforU.S.distribution.Celestial
©"2,00^byDianaBurgessFuller "Coal"—Copyright©1992.1978,1970,1968,by ArtsPublishing,Berkeley.Calif.,199$-
andDanielaSalvioni AudreLorde,fromUndersong:ChosenPoems, Copyrightstoessaysinthisbookareretained
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aspects. 4.. Feminismandart, 1. Fuller, Excerptfrom"ThePoetintheWorld"~By
DianaBurgess. II. Salvioni,Daniela.
DeniseLevertov,fromiVexiJandSelectedEssays,
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minimumrequirementsofansi/niso "ToWeWhoWereSavedbytheStars"—By
289.48—1992(b1997){PermanenceofPaper).® LornaDeeCervantes;reprintedwithpermis-
sionfromthepublisherofFromtheCablesof
Genocide:PoemsonLoveandHunger(Houston:
ArtePublicoPress,UniversityofHouston,
1991).
This book is dedicated to thegift ofi>ision
To our children, and to theirs
Vita
Anthony. Joanna, Mia, Brien, Whitney, andAntonia
SusanSchwartzenberg,detailfrom Rosiethe
RiverterMemorial,HonoringWomen'sLabor
duringWoridWarII, 1998-2000.Collaboration
betweenSusanSchwartzenberg,visualartist,
andCherylBarton,landscapearchitect.
MemorialcommissionedbytheCityofRichmond,
RichmondRedevelopmentAgency.Detail:
imagebox,stainlesssteel,4x3x5ft.Photo-
etchedimagebyHanselMiethHagelca. 1943.
ImagecourtesyoftheLaborArchives,San
FranciscoStateUniversityPhoto:LewisWatts.
TheRosietheRiverterMem.oiial
honoringwomen'scontributionto
WorldWarIIwasconstructedon
thesiteoftheformerKaiser
Shipyard,Richmond, California,
andconceivedasamnemonic
walkwayrecallingthe4,41ft. length
ofalibertyship. Thememorial
linkstheprefabricationprocessof
buildingshipswiththeprocess
ofhumanrecollection. Elements
includestainlesssteelsections,
hull,stack, andoverlook;porcelain
enamelandetchedstainlesssteel
imagepanels; granitepaverswith
sandblastedtextandconcrete
walkway;forehatch(rockrosegar-
den), afthatch(seagrassgarden).