Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists was an art exhibition held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from April 18 - June 13, 1971.[1] It was the first show curated by Lucy R. Lippard.[2] Lippard only included artists who had never had a solo exhibition.[3] It featured 26 emerging New York based women artists.[4]
In the preface to the catalog for the show Lippard stated:[5]
The woman artist has tended to be seen either as another artist's wife, or girl, or as a dilettante. Now I know that, contrary to popular opinion, women are not any more "part-time artists" than anyone else.
Artists
[edit]The 26 artist in the show were[6]
- Cecile Abish
- Alice Aycock
- Cynthia Carlson
- Sue Ann Childress
- Glorianna Davenport
- Susan Hall
- Mary Heilmann
- Audrey Hemenway
- Laurace James
- Mablen Jones
- Carol Kinne
- Christine Kozlov
- Sylvia Mangold
- Brenda Miller
- Mary Miss
- Dona Nelson
- Louise Parks
- Shirley Pettibone
- Howardena Pindell
- Adrian Piper
- Reeva Potoff
- Paula Tavins
- Merrill Wagner
- Grace Bakst Wapner
- Jacqueline Winsor
- Barbara Zucker
References
[edit]- ^ "26 contemporary women artists : exhibition / organized by Lucy R. Lippard at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, April 18-June 13, 1971". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Schwartz, Alexandra (19 December 2022). "How a Landmark Feminist Show Got Erased From Collective Memory". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "How These 7 Exhibitions by Women Artists Changed Art History Forever". Cultured Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Cane, Hesper. "Pivotal Exhibitions by Women Artists That Changed Art History". widewalls. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists". The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Lucy Lippard - Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists". Printed Matter. Retrieved 1 April 2025.