ART SURVEYS

Reclaiming the Body
Feminist Art in America
58 minutes, color

Louise Bourgeois, Carolee Schneemann, Kiki Smith, Janine Antoni, Renee Cox, Faith Ringgold, Lynda Benglis, Maureen Connor, Portia Munson, Nancy Spero, Ida Applebroog, Rachel Lachowitz, Jackie Hayden, Hannah Wilke, Eva Hesse, Susan Silas, Marcia Tucker, and others. Consultant Sasha Newman. Narrated by Linda Nochlin.

After many decades of struggle, women have attained a strong presence in today's art world, as evidenced by the many exhibitions devoted to their work. Loosely based on the two-part BAD GIRLS exhibition at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan, Reclaiming the Body goes beyond the scope of the exhibition to include other significant contributors to feminist art. The film spans three generations of artists, from Louise Bourgeois to Janine Antoni, in order to give an overview of the history of this important movement from the 1960s to the present day.