Office of the Gender and Woman's Studies Librarian

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Women Made Visible: Feminist Art and Media in Post-1968 Mexico City

Author

Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda

Description

Focuses on depictions of female bodies in the work of activists, filmmakers, photographers, and visual artists.

Year

2019

Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna

Author

Babette Bohn

Description

Includes 81 color and 60 black and white illustrations and focuses on 68 artists from the 15th to 18th centuries.

Year

2021

A Time of One's Own: Histories of Feminism in Contemporary Art

Author

Catherine Grant

Description

Explores connections between 20th-century feminism and works from 2002 to 2017 by artists including Pauline Boudry, Sharon Hayes, Lubaina Himid, Mary Kelly, Deirdre Logue, Renate Lorenz, and Allyson Mitchell.

Year

2022

Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art

Author

Nicole Erin Morse

Description

Focuses on transgender feminine creators and close readings of works by the artists Zackary Drucker, Zinnia Jones, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, and Natalie Wynn.

Year

2022

The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women's Self Portraits

Author

Jennifer Higgie

Description

Broad overview divided by theme that discusses artists including Sofonisba Anguissola, Rita Angus, Artemisia Gentileschi, Nora Heysen, Gwenn John, Frida Kahlo, Angelica Kauffman, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Alice Neel, Margaret Preston, Helene Schjerfbeck, Amrita Sher-Gil, Suzanne Valadon, and Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun.

Year

2021

Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny

Author

Ann Marks

Description

Authorized biography based on archival material, extensive interviews, and Vivian Maier's 140,000 photographs and negatives. Includes almost 400 images.

Year

2021

Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists

Author

Donna Seaman

Description

Covers Gertrude Abercrombie, Joan Brown, Lois Mailou Jones, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Christina Ramberg, and Lenore Tawney, who all worked during the 20th century.

Year

2017

Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora

Author

Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón

Description

Covers more than 100 artists in 23 countries.

Year

2018

Women Architects in the Modern Movement

Author

Carmen Espegel

Description

Case studies of Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky with 150 illustrations.

Year

2018

A Capsule Aesthetic: Feminist Materialisms in New Media Art

Author

Kate Mondloch

Description

Focuses on Mariko Mori, Patricia Piccinini, and Pipilotti Rist.

Year

2018