An index of modernity: feminist furniture by Teresa Burga and Beatriz González

This chapter goal is twofold: to locate the practices of artists Teresa Burga (Peru) and Beatriz González (Colombia) within a broader history of feminism in Latin America, and in doing so to challenge current configurations of modernism. Within the political scenario Burga and González began using f...

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Main Author: Gotti, Sofia ca. 20./21.Jh (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Summary:This chapter goal is twofold: to locate the practices of artists Teresa Burga (Peru) and Beatriz González (Colombia) within a broader history of feminism in Latin America, and in doing so to challenge current configurations of modernism. Within the political scenario Burga and González began using furniture as the primary support of their work allowing us to examine an alternative history, which is more rooted in the social transformations that were taking place in Latin America during a period defined by the ideas of modernity and progress. In addition, the presence of foreign economic powers was felt to such an extent that anti-Americanism had a prominent place in cultural debate, while Europe remained a beacon of good taste and bon-ton. The work of the artists can help us embrace and utilize feminisms’ ambiguities, to map a different history that radically alters our understanding of modernity and modernism.
Physical Description:Illustrationen
ISBN:978-0-367-14084-7

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