''WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution'' was an exhibition of international women's art presented at the

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall. MOCA's ...

from March 4–July 16, 2007. It later traveled to

PS1 Contemporary Art Center MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, th ...

, where it was on view February 17–May 12, 2008. The exhibition featured works from 120 artists and artists' groups from around the world. The 2007

exhibition catalogue There are two types of exhibition catalogue (or exhibition catalog): a printed list of exhibits at an art exhibition; and a directory of exhibitors at a trade fair or business-to-business event. Art or museum exhibition catalogues Catalogues for ...

—also titled ''WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution''—documents this first major retrospective of art and the feminist revolution. Edited by

Cornelia Butler Cornelia H. "Connie" Butler (born 1 February 1963) is an American museum curator, author, and art historian. Since 2013, Butler is the Chief Curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Career Butler is a 1980 graduate of Marlborough School, and ...

and Lisa Gabrielle Mark, it has essays by Butler, Judith Russi Kirshner, Catherine Lord, Marsha Meskimmon, Richard Meyer, Helen Molesworth, Peggy Phelan, Nelly Richard, Valerie Smith, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, and Jenni Sorkin. ''WACK!'' surveyed work by more than 120 artists in a wide variety of media, arranged by themes including Abstraction, "Autophotography," Body as Medium, Family Stories, Gender Performance, Knowledge as Power, Making Art History, and others.

Artists included in the exhibition and catalogue

Magdalena Abakanowicz Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska (20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. She was known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and her outdoor installations. She is widely regarded as one of Poland ...

(1930–2017), Polish sculptor and fiber artist *

Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audi ...

(born 1946), Serbian and former Yugoslavian performance artist * Carla Accardi (1924–2014), Italian painter * Chantal Akerman (1950–2015), Belgian film director and artist *

Helena Almeida Helena Almeida (11 April 1934 – 25 September 2018) was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing. She represented Portugal at the Venice Biennale in 1982 and 2005 and had a solo e ...

(born 1934), Portuguese artist * Sonia Andrade (born 1935), Brazilian artist *

Eleanor Antin Eleanor Antin (née Fineman; February 27, 1935) is an American performance artist, film-maker, installation artist, conceptual artist and feminist artist. Early life and education Eleanor Fineman was born in the Bronx on February 27, 1935. Her p ...

(born 1935), American artist *

Judith F. Baca Judith Francisca Baca (born September 20, 1946) is an American artist, activist, and professor of Chicano studies, world arts, and cultures based at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the Soc ...

(born 1946), American Chicana artist * Mary Bauermeister (born 1934), German artist *

Lynda Benglis Lynda Benglis (born October 25, 1941) is an American sculptor and visual artist known especially for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures. She maintains residences in New York City, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Kastellorizo, Greece, and Ahmedaba ...

(born 1941), American artist *

Berwick Street Film Collective Berwick may refer to: Places Antarctica *Berwick Glacier Australia *Berwick, Victoria *City of Berwick, Victoria (defunct) Canada * Berwick, New Brunswick *Berwick, Nova Scotia *Berwick, Ontario New Zealand *Berwick, New Zealand United Kingdo ...

Camille Billops Camille Josephine Billops (August 12, 1933 – June 1, 2019) was an African-American sculptor, filmmaker, archivist, printmaker, and educator. Early life and education Billops was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Alma Gilmore, origin ...

(1933–2019), African-American artist *

Dara Birnbaum Dara Birnbaum (born 1946) is an American video and installation artist. Birnbaum entered the nascent field of video art in the mid-to-late 1970s challenging the gendered biases of the period and television’s ever-growing presence within the Amer ...

(born 1946), American video and installation artist * Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French-American artist and sculptor *

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (born 1940) is an American graphic designer, artist and educator whose work reflects her belief in the importance of feminist principles and user participation in graphic design. In 1990 she became the director of th ...

(born 1940), American graphic designer and artist *

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Theresa Hak Kyung Cha ( ko, 차학경; March 4, 1951 – November 5, 1982) was an American novelist, producer, director, and artist of South Korean origin, best known for her 1982 novel, ''Dictee''. Considered an avant-garde artist, Cha w ...

(1951–1982), South Korean-born American novelist and artist *

Judy Chicago Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history ...

(born 1939), American artist *

Lygia Clark Lygia Pimentel Lins (23 October 1920 – 25 April 1988), better known as Lygia Clark, was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-2 ...

(1920–1988), Brazilian artist *

Tee Corinne Tee A. Corinne (November 3, 1943 – August 27, 2006) was an American photographer, author, and editor notable for the portrayal of sexuality in her artwork. According to ''Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia'', "Corinne is one of ...

(1943–2006), American artist *

Niki de Saint Phalle Niki de Saint Phalle (; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monume ...

(1030–2002),

Jean Tinguely Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. Tinguely's art ...

(1925–1991), and Per Olof Ultvedt * Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), American artist * Disband *

Assia Djebar Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar ( ar, آسيا جبار), was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted fo ...

(1936–2015), Algerian filmmaker *

Rita Donagh Rita Donagh (born 30 April 1939) is a British artist, known for her realistic paintings and painstaking draughtsmanship. Early life and education Rita Donagh began taking classes in life drawing at Bilston College of Further Education in 1954. Sh ...

(born 1939), British artist * Kirsten Dufour (born 1941), Danish artist * Lili Dujourie (born 1941), Belgian video artist *

Mary Beth Edelson Mary Beth Edelson (born Mary Elizabeth Johnson) (6 February 1933 - 20 April 2021) was an American artist and pioneer of the feminist art movement, deemed one of the notable "first-generation feminist artists." Edelson was a printmaker, book art ...

(born 1933), American artist * Rose English British performance artist *

VALIE EXPORT Valie Export (often stylized as 'VALIE EXPORT'; born 17 May 1940) is an avant-garde Austrian artist. She is best known for provocative public performances and expanded cinema work. Her artistic work also includes video installations, computer ...

(born 1940), Austrian artist * Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), New Zealand painter * Louise Fishman (1939–2021), American painter * Audrey Flack (born 1931), American artist * Iole de Freitas (born 1945), Brazilian photographer and filmmaker *

Isa Genzken Isa Genzken (born 27 November 1948) is a German artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her primary media are sculpture and installation, using a wide variety of materials, including concrete, plaster, wood and textile. She also works with photograp ...

(born 1948), German artist * Nancy Grossman (born 1940), American artist * Barbara Hammer (1939–2019), American filmmaker * Harmony Hammond (born 1944), American artist and writer * Margaret Harrison (born 1940), English artist * Mary Heilmann (born 1940), American artist * Lynn Hershman (born 1941), American artist and filmmaker *

Eva Hesse Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 196 ...

(1936–1970), Jewish German-born American sculptor *

Susan Hiller Susan Hiller (March 7, 1940 – January 28, 2019) was an American-born artist who lived in London, United Kingdom. Her art practice included installation, video, photography, performance and writing. Early life and education Born in Tallah ...

(1940–2019), American artist *

Rebecca Horn Rebecca Horn (born 24 March 1944, in Michelstadt, Hesse) is a German visual artist, who is best known for her installation art, film directing, and her body modifications such a''Einhorn'' (Unicorn) a body-suit with a very large horn projecting ve ...

(born 1944), German visual artist * Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), New Zealand painter and photographer *

Mako Idemitsu is a pioneer Japanese media artist, known for her experimental video art and film works. Life and family Mako Idemitsu was born in Ōta-ku, Japan and is the daughter of Japanese businessman and art collector Sazō Idemitsu, founder of Idemitsu ...

(born 1940), Japanese filmmaker * Sanja Iveković (born 1949), Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist *

Joan Jonas Joan Jonas (born July 13, 1936) is an American visual artist and a pioneer of video and performance art, and one of the most important artists to emerge in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Kirsten Justesen (born 1943), Danish artist * Mary Kelly (born 1941), American conceptual artist *

Joyce Kozloff Joyce Kozloff (born 1942) is an American artist whose politically engaged work has been based on cartography since the early 1990s. Kozloff was one of the original members of the Pattern and Decoration movement and was an early artist in the 1970 ...

(born 1942), American artist * Friedl Kubelka (born 1946), Austrian photographer * Shigeko Kubota (1937–2015), Japanese-born video artist, sculptor and performance artist * Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), Japanese artist and writer *

Ketty La Rocca Ketty La Rocca (14 July 1938 – 7 February 1976) was an Italian artist during the 1960s and 70s. She was a leading exponent of body art and visual poetry movements. Nowadays, The Estate Ketty La Rocca is managed by her son, Michelangelo Vasta ...

(b. 1938, d. 1976), Italian artist * Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), American artist * Suzy Lake (born 1947), American-Canadian artist *

Maria Lassnig Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Gran ...

(1919–2014), Austrian artist * Lesbian Art Project (1977–1979), participatory art movement in Los Angeles * Lee Lozano (1930–1999), American artist * Léa Lublin (1929–1999), Polish, Argentine, and French performance artist * Anna Maria Maiolino (born 1942), Italian-Brazilian artist * Mónica Mayer (born 1954), Mexican artist * Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist * Annette Messager (born 1943), French visual artist * Marta Minujín and Richard Squires * Nasreen Mohamedi (1937–1990), Indian artist * Linda M. Montano (born 1942), American performance artist *

Ree Morton Ree Morton (August 3, 1936 – April 30, 1977) was an American visual artist who was closely associated with the postminimalist and feminist art movements of the 1970s. Life and career Ree Morton was born on August 3, 1936, in Ossining, New Yo ...

(1936–1977), American artist *

Laura Mulvey Laura Mulvey (born 15 August 1941) is a British feminist film theorist. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is currently professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She previously taught at Bulmershe ...

and Peter Wollen (1938–2019) * Alice Neel (1900–1984), American artist * Senga Nengudi (born 1943), African-American artist * Ann Newmarch (born 1945), Australian artist * Lorraine O’Grady (born 1934), American conceptual artist * Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), American composer *

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

(born 1933), Japanese multimedia artist * ORLAN (born 1947), French artist * Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942), German filmmaker *

Gina Pane Gina Pane (Biarritz, May 24, 1939 – Paris, March 6, 1990) was a French artist of Italian origins. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1960 to 1965 and was a member of the 1970s Body Art movement in France, called "Art corpo ...

(1939–1990), French artist * Catalina Parra (born 1940), Chilean artist * Ewa Partum (born 1945), Polish-German artist *

Howardena Pindell Howardena Pindell (born April 14, 1943) is an American artist, curator, and educator. She is known as a painter and mixed media artist, her work explores texture, color, structures, and the process of making art; it is often political, addressing ...

(born 1943), American abstract artist *

Adrian Piper Adrian Margaret Smith Piper (born September 20, 1948) is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher. Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one discipline may experience professional ostracism, otherness, racial ...

(born 1948), American conceptual artist *

Sylvia Plimack Mangold Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born September 18, 1938) is an American artist, painter, printmaker, and pastelist. She is known for her representational depictions of interiors and landscapes. She is the mother of film director/screenwriter James Mango ...

(born 1938), American artist, painter, printmaker, and pastelist *

Sally Potter Charlotte Sally Potter (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing ''Orlando'' (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. Early life Potter was born an ...

(born 1949), English filmmaker and performance artist *

Yvonne Rainer Yvonne Rainer (born November 24, 1934) is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental.

(born 1934), American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker *

Ursula Reuter Christiansen Ursula Reuter Christiansen (born 13 February 1943 in Trier, Germany) created work, whether it was painting or filmmaking, that showed examples of mythological symbolism. Biography Ursula Reuter Christiansen studied literature at the Philipp Univer ...

(born 1943), German-Danish filmmaker and painter * Lis Rhodes (born 1942), British artist * Faith Ringgold (born 1930) African-American artist * Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943), German video and performance artist *

Martha Rosler Martha Rosler (born 1943) is an American artist. She is a conceptual artist who works in photography and photo text, video, installation, sculpture, and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. Rosler's work is centered on everyday ...

(born 1943), American artist * Betye Saar (born 1926), American artist *

Miriam Schapiro Miriam Schapiro (also known as Mimi) (November 15, 1923 – June 20, 2015) was a Canadian-born artist based in the United States. She was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and a pioneer of feminist art. She was also considered a leader of the Pa ...

(1923-–2015), Canadian-born American artist *

Mira Schendel Mira Schendel (June 7, 1919 – July 24, 1988) was a Brazilian contemporary artist of the 20th century. She made numerous drawings on rice paper, but was also active as a painter, a poet, and a sculptor. Her work drew upon the art of language and ...

(1919–1988), Brazilian artist * Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), American artist * Joan Semmel (born 1932), American feminist painter *

Bonnie Sherk Bonnie Ora Sherk (née Bonnie Ora Kellner; May 18, 1945 – August 8, 2021) was an American landscape-space artist, performance artist, landscape planner, and educator. She was the founder of ''The Farm'', and ''A Living Library''. Sherk was a ...

(born 1945), American landscape architect and performance artist *

Cindy Sherman Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often co ...

(born 1954), American photographer * Katharina Sieverding (born 1944), Czech photographer *

Sylvia Sleigh Sylvia Sleigh (8 May 1916 – 24 October 2010) was a Welsh-born naturalised American realist painter who lived and worked in New York City. She is known for her role in the feminist art movement and especially for reversing traditional g ...

(1916–2010), Welsh-born American realist painter * Alexis Smith (born 1949), American artist * Barbara T. Smith (born 1931), American performance artist *

Mimi Smith Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith (''née'' Stanley; 24 April 1906 – 6 December 1991) was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi Stanley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, the oldest of five da ...

(born 1942), American artist * Juliana Snapper (born 1972), American vocalist and performance artist * Joan Snyder (born 1940), American painter *

Valerie Solanas Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for the ''SCUM Manifesto'', which she self-published in 1967, and for her attempt to murder artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Solanas had a turbulent child ...

(1936–1988), American writer * Annegret Soltau (born 1946), German artist *

Nancy Spero Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) was an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She married and collaborated with artist Leon Golub. As both artist and activist, Nancy ...

(1926–2009), American artist * Spiderwoman Theater * Lisa Steele (born 1947), Canadian video artist * Sturtevant (1924–2014), American artist *

Cosey Fanni Tutti Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Carol Newby; 4 November 1951) is an English performance artist, musician and writer, best known for her time in the avant-garde groups Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey. Tutti first performed under the name ...

(born 1951), English performance artist * Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), American artist * Cecilia Vicuña (born 1947), Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker *

June Wayne June Claire Wayne (March 7, 1918 – August 23, 2011) was an American painter, printmaker, tapestry innovator, educator, and activist. She founded Tamarind Lithography Workshop (1960–1970), a then California-based nonprofit print shop dedicated ...

(1918–2011), American printmaker, tapestry designer and painter * "Where We At" Black Women Artists * Colette Whiten (born 1945), sculpture, installation and performance artist * Faith Wilding (born 1943), Paraguayan American multidisciplinary artist * Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), American artist *

Francesca Woodman Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models. Many of her photographs show women, naked or clothed, blurred (due to ...

(1958–1981), American photographer * Nil Yalter, Judy Blum Reddy, and Nicole Croiset * Nil Yalter (born 1938), Egyptian-French artist, co-founder of Groupe de Cinq * Zarina (born 1937), Indian-American artist

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