Art and the Maternal: Strategies and Interventions

Art and the Maternal: Strategies and Interventions

Vortragsreihe der Abteilung für
Genderangelegenheiten
Hörsaa
l2
der An
gewan
dten
18.00 U
hr
Geschlechterpolitik und Kunstbetrieb /
Gender Politics and the Art World
Art and the Maternal: Strategies and
Interventions
Rachel Epp Buller (USA)
Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013
Studierende können die Vortragsreihe als Lehrveranstaltung „Geschlechterpolitik und Kunstbetrieb / Gender
Politics and the Art World“ absolvieren.
The Feminist Art Movement is over 40 years old, yet only in recent years have critical issues of motherhood received due attention in the art world. For decades, even feminist artists felt
that their motherhood must be kept secret, as colleagues made
clear that maternal experiences were not considered legitimate
subject matter.
Lately, however, artists around the world have pushed back
against this invisible boundary. Seeking to broaden cultural
understandings of motherhood, many artists now address maternal diversities of race, class, sexuality, politics, and geography through photography, performance, and installation art. By
intervening in the gallery space or even circumventing it entirely, contemporary artists engage the public in conversations
about the maternal body and mind.
This lecture will examine the roots of exclusion of (most) motherhood from the art world, and even from much feminist art,
and will present some of the specific strategies and interventions employed by contemporary artists to bring heightened visibility to the often invisible aspects of maternity.
Dr. Rachel Epp Buller is Assistant Professor of Visual Arts and
Design at Bethel College. She publishes, curates, and lectures
widely about issues of art and maternity around the world.
Her most recent book, Reconciling Art and Mothering (2012),
features writings by and about artists from six continents.
Bildrechte: Jess Dobkin, The Lactation Station Breastmilk Bar, 2006
Universität für angewandte Kunst,
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Wien
Weitere Informationen auf: www.dieangewandte.at/gender