Theory and action in feminist art practices – a self-centered approach
Theory and action in feminist art practices – a self-centered approach

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this paper is on the resources of the artistic practice that generates the visual construction and significance in the art work. The “self-centered approach” refers to the point of view from which considerations are made –one’s own artistic practice, based on the reconsideration of one’s own biography.Between the theoretical frame and the artistic act there is a link that generates a coherent harangue. The feminist label of one’s work comes as a conclusion –the practice being mainly in the area of performance and installation art. Part of this analysis is dedicated to the use of the female body in contemporary art and to the debate on how this aspect can be influenced by contextualization of the art work. The conclusions are open in this text because it deals with the personal experience of an artist, involved in different projects on the female image, stereotypes, citizenship, politics and political representation of women in contemporary Romania –like a testimonial, analysed in a Freudian manner (the figure of the father being overused)

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