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Girls! girls! girls! in contemporary art / edited by Catherine Grant and Lori Waxman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011, c2011.Description: x, 188 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781841503486 (pbk.)
  • 1841503487 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Girls in contemporary art
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 704.042 GRA
Contents:
Introduction : the girl in contemporary art / Catherine Grant and Lori Waxman -- Through the looking-glass with heart-shaped sunglasses : searching for Alice and Lolita in contemporary representations of girls / Lori Waxman -- Dial P for panties : narrative photography in the 1990s (with a new afterword by the author) / Lucy Soutter -- Girlish games : playfulness and \'drawingness\' in the work of Francesca Woodman and Lucy Gunning / Harriet Riches -- Marlene McCarty\'s Murder girls / Maud Lavin -- Haunted : writing with the girl / Taru Elfving -- Oh mother where art thou? : Sue de Beer\'s hysterial orphan girls / Kate Random Love -- Mi-girl, Mi-kick, Mi-fire, Mi-sin, Mi-soul, MI-WA : a fairy tale in blue / Carol Mavor -- Baby butches and reluctant Lolitas : Collier Schorr and Hellen van Meene / Catherine Grant.
Summary: Essays address a variety of themes including narcissism, nostalgia, post-feminism, and fantasy with the goal of approaching the overarching question of why women artists are turning in such numbers to the subject of girls -- and what these artistic explorations signify. Artists discussed include Anna Gaskell, Marlene McCarty, Sue de Beer, Miwa Yanagi, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Collier Schorr and more.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 704.042 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100465658

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Since the 1990s, female artists have led the contemporary art world in the creation of art depicting female adolescence, producing challenging, critically debated, and avidly collected artworks that are driving the current and momentous shift in the perception of women in art. Girls! Girls! Girls! presents essays from established and up-and-coming scholars who address a variety of themes, including narcissism, nostalgia, postfeminism, and fantasy with the goal of approaching the overarching question of why female artists are turning in such numbers to the subject of girls--and what these artistic explorations signify. Artists discussed include Anna Gaskell, Marlene McCarty, Sue de Beer, Miwa Yanagi, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Collier Schorr, and more.

Contributors include Lucy Soutter, Harriet Riches, Maud Lavin, Taru Elfving, Kate Random Love, and Carol Mavor.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : the girl in contemporary art / Catherine Grant and Lori Waxman -- Through the looking-glass with heart-shaped sunglasses : searching for Alice and Lolita in contemporary representations of girls / Lori Waxman -- Dial P for panties : narrative photography in the 1990s (with a new afterword by the author) / Lucy Soutter -- Girlish games : playfulness and \'drawingness\' in the work of Francesca Woodman and Lucy Gunning / Harriet Riches -- Marlene McCarty\'s Murder girls / Maud Lavin -- Haunted : writing with the girl / Taru Elfving -- Oh mother where art thou? : Sue de Beer\'s hysterial orphan girls / Kate Random Love -- Mi-girl, Mi-kick, Mi-fire, Mi-sin, Mi-soul, MI-WA : a fairy tale in blue / Carol Mavor -- Baby butches and reluctant Lolitas : Collier Schorr and Hellen van Meene / Catherine Grant.

Essays address a variety of themes including narcissism, nostalgia, post-feminism, and fantasy with the goal of approaching the overarching question of why women artists are turning in such numbers to the subject of girls -- and what these artistic explorations signify. Artists discussed include Anna Gaskell, Marlene McCarty, Sue de Beer, Miwa Yanagi, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Collier Schorr and more.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Girl in Contemporary Art
  • Through the Looking-Glass with Heart-Shaped Sunglasses: Searching for Alice and Lolita in Contemporary Representations of Girls
  • Dial 'P' for Panties: Narrative Photography in the 1990s (with a New Afterword by the Author)
  • Girlish Games: Playfulness and 'Drawingness' in the Work of Francesca Woodman and Lucy Gunning
  • Marlene McCarty's Murder Girls
  • Haunted: Writing with the Girl
  • Oh Mother Where Art Thou? Sue de Beer's Hysterical Orphan Girls
  • Mi-girl, Mi-kick, Mi-fire, Mi-sin, Mi-soul, MI-WA: A Fairy Tale in Blue
  • Baby Butches and Reluctant Lolitas: Collier Schorr and Hellen van Meene
  • Author Biographies

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Catherine Grant is a visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Lori Waxman is an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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