Beloit College recently issued the following announcement.
Donna Ferrato: Feminist Generations
Date:
January 9,2022
This exhibition provides a survey of the work of Donna Ferrato as a lens through which to see how the feminist movement has evolved.
Since moving to New York in 1979, activist and photographer Donna Ferrato has documented, engaged, and propelled two generations of the feminist movement. This exhibition provides a survey of her work as a lens through which to see how that movement has evolved, from the first domestic violence shelters to #MeToo, from sex clubs to courtrooms deciding the future of reproductive justice. On the surrounding walls, her work has been divided into four themes: Motherhood, Violation, Empowerment, and Pleasure. These themes are not singular, but suggest a diversity of positions and strategies within the feminist movement, as activists debated how to theorize sexual repression and transgression; how to define empowerment physically, economically, legally, and sexually; and whether to pursue cultural transformation primarily through the courts, through mass media, or through guerilla art and street activism.
This exhibit is presented by Michael Dango, the Parker Faculty Curator, and the students in his course, Queer and Feminist Art and Literature.
Original source can be found here.
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