Feminist Art Manifestos

I just attended a short seminar on Feminist Art Manifestos led by Katy Deepwell at the ICA. The list of Feminist (Art) Manifestos she presented is long and makes evident the varying and often contradictory definitions of feminism and feminist art there are in existence. The ideas put forward within these texts are as diverse as their authors, therefore the strategies advocated therein are equally varied. After reading through excerpts from numerous texts, Deepwell suggested that as we continue our research into this phenomenon and read these texts in greater depth, it is useful to question who is being defined as the enemy and who is described as a friend to the cause.

See n.paradoxa's website to find links to feminist manifestos available online.