The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women's Body Art
Art in America, May 1976, v. 64, no. 3, pp. 73-81
The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women's Body Art explores the use of the woman's body as an artist's medium in the 1970s. Comparisons are drawn between women's and men's body art with respect to its reception, validity, and interpretation. Female "body art" artists investigate themes of sex, androgyny, feminism, and masochism, yet many do not explore pregnancy or childbirth. Large images of works are included.
ITEM 1976.048 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Up To and Including Her Limits – Carolee Schneemann
Isolation is Transparent – Ulrike Nolden Rosenbach
Perfection and Deformation – Martha Wilson
The Process of Aging – Athena Tacha
You, You – Ketty La Rocca
Breast Forms Permutated – Martha Wilson
Body Halves – Rita Myers
Carving – Eleanor Antin
Mine Not I – Tania Mouraud
People Call Me Tania Mouraud – Tania Mouraud
Which of These Bodies Are They Referring To? – Tania Mouraud
Jesus Christ Supert-art – Hannah Wilke
Sentimental Action – Gina Pane
S.O.S. (Starification Object Series) – Hannah Wilke
Sentimental Journey – Valentina Berardinone
Menstruation Bathroom – Judy Chicago
Red Flag – Judy Chicago
Mutilation Images: A Garden – Betsy Damon
Self Images: Terrible Mother of the Blood River – Carole Fisher