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Curated by Hitomi Kammai and Nia Pushkarova August 30th \u2013 September 20th 2012, Opening 30 August, Thursday, 6 pm Feminism is born with the conviction that the difference between sexes is in the base of the world politics. In the 1970s the feminist movement was born in Europe and in USA. With the popularization of \u201cThe Second Sex\u201d (1949) by Simone de Beauvoir and especially with the famous quote from the essay: \u201cOne is not born a woman, but becomes one\u201d the movement accelerated and with hundreds of performances, video art and posters it became socially and artistically important. Lately the subject of feminism became once more of interest with big exhibitions in world museums such as: Elles@CentrePompidou at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (May 27th 2009 \u2013 February 21st 2011), Marina Abramovi\u0107\u2019s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (March 14th \u2013 May 31st 2010) or Yayoi Kusama\u2019s exhibit at Tate Modern, London (February 9th \u2013 June 5th 2012). Feminine Expression is an exhibition at the frontier between feminism and female art. It encloses young female artists from around the world, their feel of what is feminine, of women\u2019s place in contemporary society as well as of personal identification. \u201cArt created by a woman is still considered a whim and surely not a serious enough work.”- Nia Pushkarova, artist and festival organizer. Being a female artist should not be a disadvantage in art and in society. As the art historian Linda Nochlin argued in her influential essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (1971), the experience of women has always been different from that of men and as a result there must have always been some kind of uniquely feminine art style. Some female experiences such as pregnancy or menstruation are often treated in feminist art; others work more on materials and colors formerly designated as \u201cfeminine,\u201d or on symbolic images such as veiling, pressures or sensuous surfaces. Many of these characteristics are outlined in writer\u2019s Lucy Lippard\u2019s essay. Yet, her text was written 28 years ago and women\u2019s lives have changed since. It is necessary to rethink what female expression is and to give it more credence and value. http:\/\/www.public-republic.com\/magazine\/2012\/09\/96329.php<\/a> \"400529_3769164801880_1572894192_n\"<\/a> \"IMGP6815\"<\/a> \"IMGP8083\"<\/a> \"414638_10151220917388055_239413780_o\"<\/a> \"IMGP6816\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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