by Catriona | 8 Jul, 2018 | Issue 07
by Catriona Mitchell Earlier this month, the BBC aired a one-hour documentary called Rebel Women: The Great Art Fight Back – about the women who pioneered feminist art in the US and UK in the 1970s. In a sudden and explosive reaction against centuries of...
by Catriona | 8 Jul, 2018 | Issue 07
by Catriona Mitchell At the time of writing this, on July 6, it is Frida Kahlo’s birthday, and a new exhibition on the Mexican artist – known for her forward-thinking artistic, political and sexual attitudes, as well as the tragedies and traumas that ran...
by Catriona | 8 Jul, 2018 | Issue 07
by Catriona Mitchell [NB this article is paired with Rupture & Reclamation, Part 1: Regena Thomashauer, which should be read first, particularly for an explanation of ‘rupture’ and ‘midwifing’ in this context – ed] In May, I...
by Catriona | 8 Jul, 2018 | BRAVA Pro, Issue 07
by Catriona Mitchell How is our creative power influenced by our relationship to our bodies? In this article, and its partner piece – Part 2: Into the Woods – I endeavour to find out. In the New York Times #1 best-selling book Pussy: A...
by Catriona | 7 Jul, 2018 | Issue 07
by Catriona Mitchell Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), one of the great feminist artists, grew infamous over her lifetime for her overtly sexual, witty, defiant and often dismaying images of the female body – largely in sculpture and installation, but also in...