This book provides a thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the ways in which artists have engaged with political and feminist grassroots movements to characterise a new direction in the production of feminist art. The authors conceptualise feminist art in Turkey through the lens of feminist philosophy by offering a historical analysis of how feminism and art interacts, analysing emerging feminist artwork and exploring the ways in which feminist art as a form opens alternative political spaces of social collectivities and dissent, to address epistemic injustices. The book also explores how the global art and feminist movements (particularly in Europe) have manifested themselves in the art scenery of Turkey and argues that feminist art has transformed into a form of political and protest art which challenges the hegemonic masculinity dominating the aesthetic debates and political sphere. It is an invaluable reading for students and scholars of sociology of art, gender studies and political sociology.
Author(s): Elif Dastarlı, F. Melis Cin
Series: Sociology of the Arts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 191
City: Singapore
Praise for Feminist Art in Resistance
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
About the Authors
1: Introduction: Feminism and Art in Political Space
A Brief Discussion of Feminist Art: Meanings, Tensions, and Complexities
Against the Canon: Feminist Aesthetics
Feminist Art Epistemology
Feminist Production and Critique of Public Sphere
A Guide to the Book
2: Her-Story of Turkish Art
A Struggle for Existence
Transformation of Art in Modern Turkey
Rethinking Canonical Art History
Transitioning from an Artistic Object to a Social Subject
What Has Changed in Modern Turkey?
The Rise of Feminism
3: Feminist Aesthetics in Contemporary Art
The Assertions of Feminist Aesthetics Theory
Feminine, Female, or Feminist?
The Avantgarde Roots
4: Style, Aesthetics, and Methods in Feminist Art
Periodic Differences
Two Main Aspects of Feminist Art
Many Contexts and Strategies of Feminist Art
Women’s Bodies
Ritualised Violence
Political and Social Identities
Sexuality and Abjection
Domestic and Family Life
Male Violence
Discussions on Feminist Art Strategies
5: Creating a Feminist Public Sphere: Three Modes of Feminist Resistance
Introduction
A Site for Critical Publicity
A Site for Collective Practice and Production
Artivism and Mobilisation of Public for Dissent
Conclusion
6: Epistemologies of Feminist Art and Epistemic Injustices
Epistemic Misrecognition of Women Artists
Epistemic Resistances and Activism as Political Agents
Art, Political Subjectivities and Resistance
Art as an Epistemological Act
7: Conclusion: Going Forward with Feminist Art
Beyond the Rhetoric of Great Male Artists
Political Responsibility of Artists
The Future of Feminist Art
References
Interviews
Index
