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Gloria: Another Look at Feminist Art of the 1970s 
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Curated by Catherine Morris and Ingrid Schaffner January 21—February 26, 2003 Opening Reception: Also on view:
The Galleries at Moore are pleased to present “Gloria: Another Look at Feminist Art of the 1970s,” a selected survey that advances the legacy of Feminism through action and performance-based works. Spanning the entire decade of the ’70s, it brings together artists not often examined within the same context, ranging from those who emerged during the 1960s to those who became established during the early 1980s.
Curated by Catherine Morris and Ingrid Schaffner, this exhibition also incorporates the work of relatively lesser-known figures, who have remained committed practitioners but have not achieved the same level of public notoriety as their peers. An historical context is established through the presentation of correspondence, journals, photographs, and other documentary materials. Seen collectively, the works in “Gloria” shift attention away from traditional art objects and representational imagery to focus on the art's radical essence and strategies of empowerment. “Gloria” participates in a larger re-appraisal now taking place through exhibitions, publications and scholarship devoted to the feminist decade. Named for diverse figures within popular culture—Gloria Steinem (the founder of Ms. Magazine and former Playboy Bunny); Gloria Stivik (the outspoken liberal daughter of bigoted Archie Bunker in the television series All in the Family); the eponymous song (as performed by Patti Smith); and the film by John Cassavetes—“Gloria” aims to reintroduce the efforts of those pioneering artists whose influence is often taken for granted. In particular, this exhibition seeks to reconcile feminist art of the 1970s with the feminist content of work by a current generation of artists. |
| Laurie Anderson Eleanor Antin Lynda Benglis Dara Birnbaum VALIE EXPORT Nancy Grossman Jenny Holzer |
Joan Jonas Mary Kelly Barbara Kruger Ana Mendieta Yoko Ono Adrian Piper Martha Rosler |
Carolee Schneemann Cindy Sherman Mimi Smith Nancy Spero Mierle Laderman Ukeles Hannah Wilke Jacki Apple & Martha Wilson |
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About the curators: Catherine Morris is an independent curator and writer focusing on alternative art forms of the 1970s. She has been the curator of many exhibitions including “Girls School,” “Food,” and “Confrontations: The Guerrilla Art Action Group, 1969–1976.” Morris is the author of The Essential Cindy Sherman. Ingrid Schaffner is senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, whose recent curatorial projects include “Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, More . . . on collecting,” “Richard Tuttle, In Parts, 1998–2001,” and “The Photogenic: Photography Through its Metaphors.” Conversation led by the curators: On the night of the opening reception, the exhibition Catherine Morris and Ingrid Schaffner will lead a conversation, “Currency! Relevance! Power!” with invited featured artists Dara Birnbaum, Carolee Schneemann, and Mimi Smith.
Panel discussion: In 1974, a core group of local Feminists coordinated a 3-month-long citywide celebration, “Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts,” with over 100 exhibitions, talks, performances, and related events. “In Focus: Thirty Years Later,” a panel discussion featuring some of the original organizers—Penny Balkin Bach, Diane Burko, Judith Brodsky, Thora Jacobson, Ruth Locke Selzer, and Judith Stein—will address this heady and chaotic moment in the Women’s Movement and reflect on the legacy of their work.
Video screening: To expand the discussion on art of the ’70s, Janet A. Kaplan will introduce two films screened on video. Town Bloody Hall documents the 1972 New York Town Hall panel on women’s liberation, moderated by Norman Mailer, with Anatole Broyard, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Susan Sontag, and Diana Trilling (1979, Chris Hedegus and D.A. Pennebaker). Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970s is a video essay based on the films, slides, and other documentation of the art of the Feminist decade (1988, Laura Cottingham, with music by Yoko Ono; editing by Sally Sasso and Leslie Singer). Janet Kaplan is professor of art history at Moore College of Art and Design, an art critic, and the former executive editor of Art Journal.
A tabloid-style catalog of the exhibition is available that features an essay by the curators; a compendium of quotes from the 1970s and now; and solicited statements on today’s feminism by prominent Feminists across generations. (More about the catalog) Links
This exhibition has been organized by White Columns, New York. Underwriting for “Gloria” has been provided by Corrie Sandelman; funding for the accompanying publication has been provided in part by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation. Additional funding for this presentation in Philadelphia has been provided in part by Happy Fernandez, Frank and Ditta Hoeber, Lewis Knauss, Vicki W. Kramer, Paul and Susan Jaffe, Pamela Joseph, Rochelle F. Levy, Lynn Yeakel, and Penelope Wilson (list incomplete). A portion of the galleries’ general operating funds for this fiscal year have been provided by grants from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Friends of the Galleries at Moore. The Institute of Museum & Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and a lifetime of learning, supports the operating expenses of the Galleries at Moore. Special thanks to The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, the Teleflex Foundation, the Barra Foundation, and the Louis N. Cassett Foundation for their support of gallery educational programs.
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