This book provides a thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the ways in which artists have engaged with political and feminist grassroots movements to characterise a new direction in the production of feminist art. The authors conceptualise feminist art in Turkey through the lens of feminist philosophy by offering a historical analysis of how feminism and art interacts, analysing emerging feminist artwork and exploring the ways in which feminist art as a form opens alternative political spaces of social collectivities and dissent, to address epistemic injustices. The book also explores how the global art and feminist movements (particularly in Europe) have manifested themselves in the art scenery of Turkey and argues that feminist art has transformed into a form of political and protest art which challenges the hegemonic masculinity dominating the aesthetic debates and political sphere. It is an invaluable reading for students and scholars of sociology of art, gender studies and political sociology.

Analyses the relationship between contemporary art and feminist theory Provides a historical, conceptual and empirical analysis of a multidisciplinary field Conceptualises feminist art both as a product and as a political project in a liminal context

Autorentext

Elif Dastarl is Art Historian/Critic at Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art, Turkey. F. Melis Cin is Senior Lecturer in Gender, Development and Education at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhalt
1.Introduction: Feminism and Art in Political Space.- 2 Her-Story of Turkish Art.- 3 Feminist Aesthetics in Contemporary Art.- 4 Style, Aesthetics, and Methods in Feminist Art.- 5 Creating a Feminist Public Sphere: Three Modes of Feminist Resistance.- 6 Epistemologies of Feminist Art and Epistemic Injustices.- 7 Conclusion: Going Forward with Feminist Art