Female Artist
The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and experiences, and contributed inspiration to the Feminist art movement. Although women artists have been involved in the making of art throughout history, their work, when compared to that of their male counterparts, has been often obfuscated, overlooked and undervalued. The Western canon has historically valued men's work over womens' and attached gendered stereotypes to certain media, such as textile or fiber arts, to be primarily associated with women.Aktins, Robert"Feminist art."''Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.'' 1997 (retrieved 23 Aug 2011) Women artists have been challenged ...
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