Series Editor Preface xi About the Editors xiii Notes on Contributors xv Introduction 1 Part I Geographies 15 1 Recurring Questions, Cyclical Energies: A History of Feminist Art Practices in Australia 17Julie Ewington 2 Debunking the Patriarchy: Feminist Collectives in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru 37María Laura Rosa (Translated by Maria Elena Buszek) 3 Women Artists: Making a Subject Space in India 53Gayatri Sinha 4 Feminism as Activism in Contemporary South African Art 69Karen von Veh 5 Moving Towards Paratactical Curating: A Critical Overview of Feminist Curating in Istanbul in the Twenty‐First Century 91Ebru Yetişkin 6 From Within, From Without: Configurations of Feminism, Gender and Art in Post‐Wall Europe 111Martina Pachmanová 7 Crossing Borders and Other Dividers in Western Europe and the British Isles 127Alexandra Kokoli 8 Wheels and Waves in the USA 141Mira Schor Part II Being 155 9 Essentialism, Feminism, and Art: Spaces Where Woman “Oozes Away” 157Amelia Jones 10 Feminist Ageing: Representations of Age in Feminist Art 181Michelle Meagher 11 Letters to Susan 199Lubaina Himid 12 Feminist Art Re‐Covered 215Richard Meyer 13 Collecting Creative Transcestors: Trans* Portraiture Hirstory, from Snapshots to Sculpture 225Eliza Steinbock Part III Doing 243 14 Witness It: Activism, Art, and the Feminist Performative Subject 245Hilary Robinson 15 Feminism and Language 261Griselda Pollock 16 Busy Hands, Light Work: Toward a Feminist Historiography of Hand‐Made Photography in the Era of the ‘New Materiality’ 283Harriet Riches 17 Reading Posthumanism in Feminist New Media Art 299Maria Fernandez 18 Finding Ourselves Feminists: Curating and Exhibitions 315Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman 19 Erasure, Transformation and the Politics of Pedagogy as Feminist Artistic/Curatorial Practice 331Felicity Allen Part IV Thinking 351 20 Art Matters: Feminist Corporeal‐Materialist Aesthetics 353Marsha Meskimmon 21 The Hidden Abode Beneath/Behind/Beyond the Factory Floor, Gendered Labor, and the Human Strike: Claire Fontaine’s Italian Marxist Feminism 369Jaleh Mansoor 22 Dear World: Arts and Theories of Queer Feminism 389Tirza Latimer 23 From Representation to Affect: Beyond Postmodern Identity Politics in Feminist Art 405Susan Best 24 Call and Response: Conversations with Three Women Artists on Afropean Decoloniality 419Alanna Lockward Part V Relating 437 25 On Feminism, Art and Collaboration 439Amy Tobin 26 Opening the Patriarchive: Photography, Feminism, and State Violence 459Siona Wilson 27 Maternal Mattering: The Performance and Politics of the Maternal in Contemporary Art 475Natalie Loveless 28 Ars Eroticas of Their Own Making: Explicit Sexual Imagery in American Feminist Art 493Tanya Augsburg 29 Masculinity, Art, and Value Extraction: An Intersectional Reading in the Advance of Capital as Post‐Democracy 513Angela Dimitrakaki 30 New Subjects and Subjectivities 533Jill Bennett Index 545

WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ART HISTORY A Companion to Feminist Art Original essays offering fresh ideas and global perspectives on contemporary feminist art The term "feminist art" is often misused when viewed as a codification within the discipline of Art History – a codification that includes restrictive definitions of geography, chronology, style, materials, influence, and other definitions inherent to historical and museological classifications. Employing a different approach, A Companion to Feminist Art defines "art" as a dynamic set of material and theoretical practices in the realm of culture, and "feminism" as an equally dynamic set of activist and theoretical practices in the realm of politics. Feminist art, therefore, is not a simple classification of a type of art, but rather the space where feminist politics and the domain of art-making intersect. The Companion provides readers with an overview of the developments, concepts, trends, influences, and activities within the space of contemporary feminist art – in different locations, ways of making, and ways of thinking. This new collection of essays focuses on the recent history of, and current discussions within feminist art. Diverse in scope and style, these contributions range from essays on the questions and challenges of large sectors of artists, such as configurations of feminism and gender in post-Cold War Europe, to more focused conversations with artists on Afropean decoloniality. Ranging from discussions of essentialism and feminist aesthetics to examinations of political activism and curatorial practice, the Companion informs and challenges readers, introduces new concepts and fresh perspectives, and illustrates just how much more there is to discover within feminist art. Addresses the intersection between feminist thinking and major theories that have influenced art theoryIncorporates diverse voices from around the world to offer viewpoints on global feminismsExamines how feminist art intersects with considerations of collectivity, war, maternal relationships, desire, men, and relational aestheticsExplores the myriad ways in which the experience of inhabiting and perceiving aged, raced, and gendered bodies relates to feminist politics in the art worldDiscusses a range of practices in feminism such as activism, language, education, and different ways of making art The intersection of feminist art-making and feminist politics are not merely components of a unified whole, they sometimes diverge and divide. A Companion to Feminist Art is an indispensable resource for artists, critics, scholars, curators, and anyone seeking greater knowledge on the subject through informed critique and debate.