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New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century
New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century is a major survey exploring recent feminist practices in contemporary art. In 1980 Lucy Lippard argued that feminist art is 鈥渘either a style nor a movement鈥� but rather 鈥渁 value system, a revolutionary strategy, a way of life.鈥� Taking Lippard鈥檚 statement as a point of departure, the exhibition examines the values, strategies, and ways of life reflected in current feminist art. In keeping with Griselda Pollock鈥檚 observation that 鈥渇eminism is a historical project and thus is itself constantly shaped and remodelled in relation to the living process of women鈥檚 struggles,鈥� New Time aims to demonstrate that feminism in the twenty-first century is multifaceted, encompassing many complex issues and perspectives, and therefore cannot be reduced to a single subject, style, or agenda. Although artworks made since 2000 are the primary focus, the objects and installations on view span several generations, mediums, geographies, and political sensibilities. In this way the project seeks to convey the heterogeneous, intergenerational, and gender-fluid nature of feminist practices today.
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New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century is a major survey exploring recent feminist practices in contemporary art. In 1980 Lucy Lippard argued that feminist art is 鈥渘either a style nor a movement鈥� but rather 鈥渁 value system, a revolutionary strategy, a way of life.鈥� Taking Lippard鈥檚 statement as a point of departure, the exhibition examines the values, strategies, and ways of life reflected in current feminist art. In keeping with Griselda Pollock鈥檚 observation that 鈥渇eminism is a historical project and thus is itself constantly shaped and remodelled in relation to the living process of women鈥檚 struggles,鈥� New Time aims to demonstrate that feminism in the twenty-first century is multifaceted, encompassing many complex issues and perspectives, and therefore cannot be reduced to a single subject, style, or agenda. Although artworks made since 2000 are the primary focus, the objects and installations on view span several generations, mediums, geographies, and political sensibilities. In this way the project seeks to convey the heterogeneous, intergenerational, and gender-fluid nature of feminist practices today.
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