Art and Women

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This paper takes a look at how during the 1970s and 1980s, certain art critics sought to define women art through common features such as subject matter or use of technique. It further discusses how feminist art critics such as Lucy Lippard preferred the term female imagery while Eleanor Munro disliked that concept because of its sexual connotations. Female imagery had come to mean female sexual imagery which the male art establishment labeled as being feminist. Lippard states that female imagery was first used and should continue to be used to mean female sexual imagery.

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"Why did some feminist art critics prefer to use the term sensibility rather than imagery? During the 1970s and 1980s, certain art critics sought to define women's art through common features such as subject matter or use of technique. Feminist art critics such as Lucy Lippard preferred the term `female imagery', while Eleanor Munro disliked that concept because of its sexual connotations. Female imagery had come to mean female sexual imagery, which the male art establishment labeled as being feminist. Lippard (164) states that "female imagery was first used, and should continue to be used, to mean female sexual imagery".

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