Selfie Feminism

WNSR New School Radio

English - August 10, 2020 20:58 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MB
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When considering painter Maria Lassnig and her technical terms “body consciousness” and “body awareness,” how can we apply these ideas to contemporary works which also focus on the female body? How have views about this kind of work changed since the 1960s, when Lassnig was making her works? This piece considers contemporary perspectives on representation of the female body in editorial photography.

Further Reading:
Interviewee Carmen Winant's related essay in Aperture: https://aperture.org/blog/bodies-online-feminism/

Original music by g mills https://soundcloud.com/g_mills . Image is “2013-05 München 161 Lenbachhaus, Maria Lassnig, Die Sanduhr” by Allie_Caulfield and is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eB3nHn .