Images of Women

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Abstract

Images of Women, which took place in Copenhagen in March 1970, at the same time as the first political interventions of the feminist movement, the "Redstockings", was the first feminist art exhibition in Scandinavia. The essay analyses the content of this collaborative project and demonstrates how the artists radically approptiated the exhibition space as a platform for political confrontation and involvement, while upholding the idea of artistic space as a utopian space. Thus the exhibition addressed the actual social situation of women as well as their position within the representational field.
Translated title of the contributionDamebilleder
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Cultural History of the Avantgarde in the Nordic Countries 1950-75
EditorsTania Ørum, Jesper Olsson
Number of pages7
Volume3
Place of PublicationLeiden, Boston
PublisherBrill Rodopi
Publication date2016
Pages81-87
Chapter1
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-31049
Publication statusPublished - 2016
SeriesA Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries
Volume32
ISSN2214-0808

Keywords

  • Feminism
  • avantgarde
  • utopia
  • performance
  • 1970s

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