Girly art

[ghostymcfloo.livejournal.com]

Pretty vagina related:

I have to make a themed project for an art class where I have to use cut outs and clips from various sources, and my theme was going to be feminism. I was wondering what if anyone has a favorite female and/or feminist artist, so I can collect a wide variety of pieces to use.

"Artist" is non-specific, too. It could be sculptors, painters, photographers, etc.

Thanks!

(Oh, and vagina/vuvla art would be awesome.)

Comments

[brainery.livejournal.com]

Well, you've probably already thought of her, but just in case: how about Georgia O'Keefe? A lot of her paintings look a lot like vaginas.

[drowningj-enny.livejournal.com]

oh awesome awesome. ok, so there is kiki smith...i like her dark ones w/ humans. but to be more alnog the lines of wht you are looking for: there is judy chicaggo...awesommmmeee . and then there is one i did, don't kno if that is allowed for ur projj, but take a look : ! oh, you must check out miriam schapiro, and lee krasner (pollucks wife-eck, disgusting for me to have identified her in terms of her husband. egh, i sicken myself!) and frida kahlo. haha, i am so in love with sylvia plath i almost metnioned her too. um, fulton ross is cool. check out the guerilla girls-their ads are good art! ok, so i hope this helps, let me kno wht u think and tell me if u need mroe!
-meekel

[mays-rays.livejournal.com]

Oh! You beat me to posting about the bloody tampon picture! :D

[mays-rays.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of people love Betty Dodson. And there was an artist who posted a link to her website (I'm pretty sure it was here on VP), and she had lots of lovely female art. Oh! Here it is: http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/3127622.html and here's her gallery: http://www.livejournal.com/users/bandit_art/73440.html

You might also find some good links at vagpag's archives under Art/Attitudes: http://www.vaginapagina.com/archives.php?PHPSESSID=7fae6ce63226bfb65f01845fcf5bb4ae#Art%20and%20Attitudes

Also I was browsing the Museum of Mentruation's site the other day, and ran across this (it's kind of graphic): http://www.mum.org/armenjc.htm

[happyfeminist.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be off topic, but I love your icon.... may I use it? Feel free to say no. :)

[thekat03.livejournal.com]

Vanessa Tiegs (http://www.vanessatiegs.com/paintings/) has some beautiful pieces of artwork painted using menstrual blood (and acrylic, i think). you may want to contact her before using her work in case there's copyright issues, but i think her work is really neat and very appropriate for your topic.

you also may want to include quotes from various feminist writers, past and present. there's definitely some different views of what feminism is, and capturing a bit of that conflict and history could be really cool. i'm not sure if audio would be appropriate, but maybe a bit of audio of someone performing the vagina monologues could be a cool touch too (though just the text could work).

[casualflex.livejournal.com]

dharmamomma.

Nuff said :)

[sadistic-crayon.livejournal.com]

You might also want to look into menstrual art.

I haven't got any great referalls for you but a little searching should bring up something.

[screaming-mimie.livejournal.com]

i know this totally doesn't help you at all, but on Queer as Folk i swear to god the wallpaper in Debbie's house looks like a bunch of vaginas... which always struck me as odd since the place is crawling with gay men.

hmm, maybe they just never noticed.

[kaonamai.livejournal.com]

i can't remember her name, but there was a woman who photographed herself in the 70s, all topless and beautiful, then she got breast cancer years later and documented that. i wish i remembered her name though:/

[lotus82.livejournal.com]

Sofia Coppola
Marylin French [writer]
Tori Amos

[rocketbabydoll2.livejournal.com]

Barbara Kreuger.
Cindy Sherman.