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Feminist substances : plastics in art of the 1960s and 1970s / Charlotte Matter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matter, Charlotte, author.
- Series:
- Rethinking art's histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society.
- Plastics as art material--History--20th century.
- Plastics as art material.
- Women artists--History--20th century.
- Women artists.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)
- illustration
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "In the art of the 1960s and 1970s, many women artists worked extensively with industrial materials such as plastics, challenging assumptions shaped by the dominant discourse of the period. Feminist Substances shows how their practices offered distinct, gender-aware approaches to synthetic materials, generating new meanings through a feminist lens. Focusing on Europe and Latin America, the book examines the work of Carla Accardi, Lea Lublin and Alina Szapocznikow, combining close analyses of selected artworks with broader reflections on their social contexts. It explores their use of Sicofoil, plexiglass, plastic inflatables, polyester resin and polyurethane foam to address themes central to feminist thought, including social reproduction, motherhood, memory, desire and illness. Moving beyond clichés about plastics as inherently ‘bad’ materials, Feminist Substances considers more complex, entangled ways of engaging with synthetic matter."-- De Gruyter Brill
- Contents:
- Introduction : materiality and gender in the Plastics Age
- Macho materials and feminist outlooks
- Lea Lublin : plastics and the politics of work
- Carla Accardi : time, memory and the other story of plastics in art
- Alina Szapocznikow : synthetic substances and the sick/erotic body
- Epilogue : zombie materials
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed September 25, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Matter, Charlotte Feminist substances
- ISBN:
- 9781526193582
- 1526193582
- 9781526193599
- 1526193590
- OCLC:
- 1585501247
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000367134
- Access Restriction:
- Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access
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