Mira Schor
Taking aim at the mostly male bastion of art theory and criticism, Mira Schor brings a maverick perspective and provocative voice to the issues of contemporary painting, gender representation, and feminist art. Writing from her dual perspective of a practicing painter and art critic, Schorâ€™s writing has been widely read over the past fifteen years in ,Artforum,, ,Art Journal,, ,Heresies,, and ,M/E/A/N/I/N/G,, a journal she coedited. Collected here, these essays, ,challenge established hierarchies of the art world of the 1980s and 1990s and document the intellectual and artistic development that have marked Schorâ€™s own progress as a critic.,Bridging the gap between art practice, artwork, and critical theory, ,Wet, includes some of Schorâ€™s most influential essays that have made a significant contribution to debates over essentialism., ,Articles range from discussions of contemporary women artists Ida Applebroog, Mary Kelly, and the Guerrilla Girls, to "Figure/Ground," an examination of utopian modernismâ€™s fear of the "goo" of painting and femininity. From the provocative "Representations of the Penis," which suggests novel readings of familiar images of masculinity and introduces new ones, to "Appropriated Sexuality," a trenchant analysis of David Salleâ€™s depiction of women, ,Wet, is a fascinating and informative collection.,Complemented by over twenty illustrations, the essays in ,Wet, reveal Schorâ€™s remarkable ability to see and to make others see art in a radically new light.
Art,Feminism,Art,Art History,Nonfiction
Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture