Miriam Schapiro: Feminist Art Work
Grace Caroline Williams
Mrs. Lloyd
Art Appreciation
9 March 2017
Miriam Schapiro What makes Miriam Schapiro unique from most other artist in her time period? Her most known contribution to the world of art is for pioneering feminist art work. Schapiro was a leader of the feminist art movement and in many of her painting she would put “girly”, pink, or craft elements to represent not women in general, but the femininity represented by these additions. For example, in the 1970’s she painted a hand fan, typically a small woman's object, and made it heroic in nature by painting it six feet by twelve. Nancy Azara, a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute told ARTnews that “Her first major impact [on art] was to bring in women’s things—women’s treasures...These things had been tossed aside, and she gave them appreciation”. Not only was she a leader in the realm of feminist art, she is also considered a lead icon in the pattern and decoration art movement. As I stated before, she was …show more content…
Here, she founded the Feminist Art program which was the first program of it’s kind. This was where the birth of Womanhouse came from. This art display is truly powerful and honestly why I wanted to write about Miriam Schapiro in general. This piece was off campus in a seventeen room house in Hollywood. Each room of the house was transformed into various feminist issues, including staged performances, and group consciousness-raising sessions. Genuinely exposing society for its roles inflicted upon women was the existence of Miriam Schapiro’s artwork. She used floral motifs, and layered fabric swatches that she painted in fan and heart shapes. She lead in the Pattern and Decoration movement from the mid to late 1970’s. Her themes focused on the domestic realm and women’s role in society. Illuminating an issue and key problem some would argue still exists
Mrs. Lloyd
Art Appreciation
9 March 2017
Miriam Schapiro What makes Miriam Schapiro unique from most other artist in her time period? Her most known contribution to the world of art is for pioneering feminist art work. Schapiro was a leader of the feminist art movement and in many of her painting she would put “girly”, pink, or craft elements to represent not women in general, but the femininity represented by these additions. For example, in the 1970’s she painted a hand fan, typically a small woman's object, and made it heroic in nature by painting it six feet by twelve. Nancy Azara, a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute told ARTnews that “Her first major impact [on art] was to bring in women’s things—women’s treasures...These things had been tossed aside, and she gave them appreciation”. Not only was she a leader in the realm of feminist art, she is also considered a lead icon in the pattern and decoration art movement. As I stated before, she was …show more content…
Here, she founded the Feminist Art program which was the first program of it’s kind. This was where the birth of Womanhouse came from. This art display is truly powerful and honestly why I wanted to write about Miriam Schapiro in general. This piece was off campus in a seventeen room house in Hollywood. Each room of the house was transformed into various feminist issues, including staged performances, and group consciousness-raising sessions. Genuinely exposing society for its roles inflicted upon women was the existence of Miriam Schapiro’s artwork. She used floral motifs, and layered fabric swatches that she painted in fan and heart shapes. She lead in the Pattern and Decoration movement from the mid to late 1970’s. Her themes focused on the domestic realm and women’s role in society. Illuminating an issue and key problem some would argue still exists