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Catherine Taft

Institution
LAXART
Grant Cycle
Spring 2019
Amount
$30,000
Type of Grant
Curatorial Research Fellowships

How is ecofeminism applied to and manifested in contemporary art? This question drives research into Life on Earth: Ecofeminist Art Since 1979, a forthcoming group exhibition. Identifying critical connections between gender oppression and the exploitation of natural resources, ecofeminism evolved out of the environmental, feminist and anti-nuclear movements of the early 1980s and was taken up by politically active contemporary artists at the time. As an artistic movement however, it has been conspicuously absent from historical surveys of the period. Taft’s research uncovers forgotten works and links them to currents in contemporary practice, effectively establishing a lineage for today’s ecofeminist artists. Research into historical events like the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island and the Women and Life conference that grew out of it, gives context to past and present artistic engagement with anti-nuclear activism, Indigenous rights, lesbian separatism and other themes. Taft will compile a comprehensive multi-generational list of ecofeminist artists at home and abroad including Helene Aylon, Agnes Denes, Aviva Rahmani, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Leah DeVun and many others.

See Also

Masumi Hayashi, Republic Steel Quarry, Site 666, Elyria, Ohio, 1989, Panoramic photo collage with Kodak Type-C prints, 40 x 20 in.
Multi-year Program Support

The Brick
Los Angeles, CA

Multi-year Program Support

LAXART
Los Angeles, CA

“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”

Pradeep Dalal, Program Director,  The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant

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