The club likes seriesHere’s the 2nd part of our selection of women and their works in the fields of political activism, film and literature. Leslie Kernwriter of the book 'Feminist City, Claiming Space in a Man-Made World' Verso Books, 2019Callie Khouri (b. 1957)wrote...
We’re continuing our series where we share what the club likes.Here’s a first selection of women and their works in the fields of art, film, literature, science, etc. — Part 1. Susan Kare (b. 1954)Designer of Macintosh’s system and application icons in the...
♀︎💪Today we celebrate 110 years International Women*s Day, the day where we make ourselves heard and seen for women*s rights! We look back on some of the women and events of the women’s movement.On March 19th in 1911, the first international women’s day was held in...
Clubexpress likes... Kaja Clara JooSelected works from 2017–2020"Social (mass-)phenomena and automated images and codes that are imprinted in us are components of my work practice. It is not the offset everyday beautiful, but threateningly invasive moments that...
'Intellectual Proletarians' by Emma Goldman from 1914 is rather timely, as more people are affected by "the changes taking place in workers’ labor processes […], where the skills involved in direct labor are increasingly skills involving cybernetics and computer...
Sonia Boyce (born 1962)In the female artists series this week we take a look at two earlier pieces by Sonia Boyce, a British Afro-Caribbean artist.She will be representing the UK at the Venice Biennale in 2022 and the first black woman to do so.Sonia Dawn Boyce’s work...
Every week a female portraitWe continue with our series, part five: Self Portrait, 1939 by Pan Yuliang.Pan Yuliang 潘玉良 (born on June 14, 1895) was a Chinese painter, renowned as the first woman in China to paint in the Western style. Born in Yangzhou, worked in...
Every week a female portraitThe fourth of our series: Malay Girl, 1938 by Irma Stein.Irma Stern (born on October 2, 1894) was a major South African artist and has achieved national and international recognition in her lifetime with her paintings and...
Every week a female portraitThe third of our series: Self-Portrait (as “New Woman”), 1896 by Frances Benjamin Johnston.Frances Benjamin Johnston (January 15, 1864 — May 16, 1952) was an early American photographer and photojournalist whose career lasted for almost...
Every week a female PortraitThe second of our series: ‘Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features’ (1981) by Adrian Piper."Adrian Piper (born 1948) is an American conceptual artist and philosopher. Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one...
Every week a female PortraitSabine Lepsius (1864–1942) was a German portrait painter. Her salon in Berlin-Westend was considered a major social gathering point. She was one of the founding members of the Berlin Secession and exhibited with them until 1913. Most of her...