Towards a weak avant-garde, re-shaping the canon

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dc.abstract.enFeminist discussions in art history usually focus on the exclusion of women artists and the reification of women’s bodies. A growing constellation of queer and feminist theorists today, however, analyse failure and cuteness as aspects of contemporary feminist avant-garde practices, suggesting that alternative currents in art practice and theory are emerging that challenge traditional notions and modes of art production. In my article, I discuss these debates in relation to “weak universalism” and weak messianism in order to reshape our understanding of avant-garde theory and practice from a feminist perspective. I argue that feminist analysis transforms what was previously thematized as conditions of exclusion into an important part of artistic legacy in works made by previously excluded groups. I propose that the concept of a weak avant-garde might help to theorize these shifts.
dc.abstract.plKulturoznawcza analiza feministycznych strategii awangardowych w sztukach wizualnych.
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Humanistycznych
dc.contributor.authorMajewska, Ewa
dc.date.access2023-04-03
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T08:59:46Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T08:59:46Z
dc.date.created2023-03-30
dc.date.issued2023-04-03
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Feminist discussions in art history usually focus on the exclusion of women artists and the reification of women’s bodies. A growing constellation of queer and feminist theorists today, however, analyse failure and cuteness as aspects of contemporary feminist avant-garde practices, suggesting that alternative currents in art practice and theory are emerging that challenge traditional notions and modes of art production. In my article, I discuss these debates in relation to “weak universalism” and weak messianism in order to reshape our understanding of avant-garde theory and practice from a feminist perspective. I argue that feminist analysis transforms what was previously thematized as conditions of exclusion into an important part of artistic legacy in works made by previously excluded groups. I propose that the concept of a weak avant-garde might help to theorize these shifts.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2021/43/B/HS2/00579
dc.description.granttitlePubliczni wbrew woli. Wytwarzanie podmiotu w archiwach akcji "Hiacynt"
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical1-10
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume12
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/arts12020070
dc.identifier.issn2076-0752
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/736
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/2/70
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o kulturze i religii
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enfeminist art
dc.subject.encounterpublics
dc.subject.enweak resistance
dc.subject.enuniversalism
dc.subject.enCentral and East Europe
dc.subject.enavant-garde
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dc.titleTowards a weak avant-garde, re-shaping the canon
dc.title.journalArts
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle