Marianne Camus et Valérie Dupont (ed.), Women in Art and Literature Networks. Spinning Webs, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
This book examines the place of women in art and literature from the
19th century to the present day, whether as artists, critics or
collectors. It centers on the concept of the network, as a possible
point of entry for women into cultural circles long seen as male
territories. Within the framework of feminist history and gender
studies, the book looks at the careers of salonnières, gallery owners,
editors and all types of artists, in Europe and in the USA. They may be
famous (Carolee Schneemann) or less so (Yvonne Serruys), they may or may
not have been openly feminist, but they have all used networking as a
strategy to defend their artistic choices or their vision of the world,
as well as to help and support one another.
Table of contents
Introduction ................................................................................................. 1
Marianne Camus and Valérie Dupont
Part I: Following the Rules
Chapter One ............................................................................................... 18
Viennese Networks of the Early 20th Century:
The Salon of Berta Zuckerkandl (1864-1949)
Armelle Weirich
Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 29
German Women Painters in 19th-Century Paris Networks:
The Case of Friedericke O’Connell (1823-1885)
Gitta Ho
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 41
The Jury of the “Vie Heureuse” Prize, a Good-Mannered Network
Nelly Sanchez
Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 53
Photography and Women’s Networks in Inter-War Paris:
The Career of Laure Albin-Guillot (1879-1962)
Marlène Gossmann
Part II: Bending the Rules
Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 66
Women Art Collectors and Patrons in the 20th Century:
Rivals, Peers and Partners
Julie Verlaine
Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 82
La Chaîne des Dames: A Woman Artist Networking in Paris in the First
Half of the 20th Century
Marjan Sterckx
Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 103
Women Artists and their Networks: Creating Collectively in 20th
and 21st-Century Poland
Clara Zgola
Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 114
Shadows and Light: Artistic and Critical Women’s Networks in Brussels
(1972-2014)
Muriel Andrin and Anaëlle Prêtre
Part III: Making One’s Own Rules
Chapter Nine ............................................................................................ 130
Iris Clert: The Territory and Networks of a Female Gallery Owner
in Late 20th-Century Paris
Servin Bergeret
Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 143
New York City’s A.I.R. Gallery: Women Artists Networking since
the 1970s
Floris Taton
Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 157
Unearthing Ecocriticism’s Feminist Roots
Margot Lauwers
Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 169
An Artist Liberated. Carolee Schneemann in New York:
From Proto-Feminist to Feminist Circles
Pauline Chevalier
Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 183
Ariadne, a Social Art Network: Working Together against Violence
against Women
Emilie Blanc
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