Conversations with 15 women artists nemser, cindy on. Chuck close interview with cindy nemser 1970 cindy nemser. Kronsky, msw, csw gestalt therapist in private practice faculty, new york school for social research new york city introduction as a psychotherapist who specializes in the problems of artists, i have been impressed with the energy of. The artist answer and converse with breathtaking candor. Charles scribners sons, interviews with 12 important women artists reveal insights on art and feminism.
Apr 21, 2011 cindy nemser artist, writer, art and theater critic, curator, editor of the feminist art journal, author of the first book about women artists, art talk. She taught elementary school in the new york public school system, and became an exponent of the united federation of teachers union. Conversations with 15 women artists by cindy nemser peers. Buy art talk by cindy nemser from waterstones today. Nov 12, 2019 nemsers interviews formed the basis for her 1975 book, art talk. Interviews with 15 important women artists reveal insights on art and feminism in a book that fills an important gap in contemporary art critical scholarship howard conant, new york university. During the 1970s, women art historians began uncovering a hidden heritage of women artists. The book, published by little brown, recounts female artists unbending ambitions and the evolution of an economy in which their work has been undervalued.
Conversations with 12 women artists by cindy nemser. Oct 08, 2019 i couldnt run out and do a onewoman job on the sexist aspects of the art world, continue my painting, and stay in the role i was in as mrs. Nemsers interviews formed the basis for her 1975 book, art talk. Cindy nemser and chuck shows a nude couple seated on neels same empire sofa. Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee.
This updated edition from 12 to 15, a mustread for any woman who creates for a. It was the first book to be written about women artists since the 1930s. Conversations with 12 women artists, charles scribner, 1975, was reprinted in 1995 as art talk. Given frankenthalers fierce independence it seems only fair to let her have the last word. Why did you decide to make photographic rather than life studies the subjects of your paintings. Conversations with 12 women artists, which included interviews with barbara hepworth, sonia delaunay, louise nevelson, lee krasner, alice neel, grace hartigan, marisol, eva hesse, lila katzen, eleanor antin, audrey flack, and nancy grossmann. Cindy nemser is an art and theater critic largely known for her involvement in the feminist art movement of the 1970s. Tales of the 70s art world told by a feminist art critic. Hearing these artists in their own words talk about their work and about their experiences as women making art is a revelation.
When i focused on the pitcher in the foreground, it was sharp. Nemsers papers contain her writings, including unpublished articles and novels. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. She was the editor of the feminist art journal from 1972 to 1977 and wrote the acclaimed book art talk. Conversations with 12 women artists was originally published in 1975 by charles scribner and. Publication date 1975 topics women artists interviews, women artists publisher new york, scribner collection. Nemser cindy papers finding aid for the cindy nemser papers. Cindy nemser is an art historian, and a member of the international association of art critics as well as a member of pen american, the college art association and served as a board member for three years on the womens caucus for art. Nemser, a brilliant writer and impassioned feminist, was a firebrand of the women artists movement from 1969 on. Yoko ono, betye saar, eva hesse, alice neel, and others talk. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The decision evolved partly out of a problem i had with making a painting about how my eyes focused on a still life.
A reprint published by harper collins in 1995 also included conversations with betye saar, isabel bishop, and janet fish. Publication date 1995 topics women artists publisher new york. She tackled the question of gender and art head on in a letter written in response to critic cindy nemsers 1970 questionnaire about the role of women artists in the art world. An interview with neel is included in cindy nemsers book art talk. Sep 25, 2018 the book, published by little brown, recounts female artists unbending ambitions and the evolution of an economy in which their work has been undervalued. I was the publishereditor of the femiinist art journal 1887277and the author of art talk. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Conversations with 15 women artists by cindy nemser. Womens work american art in 1974 with marcia tucker, adele breeskin, anne dhanoncourt and sculptor lila katzen which showed at the.
Besides publishing the groundbreaking feminist art journal, her book art talk. Most of these interviews come from the 1960s and 70s, in the midst of the civil rights movement and the feminist revolution. Barbara rose took a more traditional approach to art history, and her work rarely explicitly addressed gender. Conversations with 12 women artists was originally published in 1975 by charles scribner and was reprinted in 1995 as art talk. Yoko ono, betye saar, eva hesse, alice neel, and others. Asplendidbooktheartistsanswerandconversewithbreathtakingcandor. Conversations with 12 women artists, charles scribner, 1975, was reprinted in 1995. I couldnt run out and do a onewoman job on the sexist aspects of the art world, continue my painting, and stay in the role i was in as mrs. Conversations with 15 women artists by harper collins. I am working on a book about women artists in the 1930s to 1950s in ny and usa in general.
Conversations with 12 women artists, charles scribner, 1975, reprinted in 1995 as art talk. Apr 01, 2019 there are now three editions of her book art talk, an anthology first published in 1975 containing numerous interviews with female artists. I just couldnt do that much, she recalled with candor in cindy nemsers 1975 book art talk. Founder and editor of the feminist art journal, she was an activist and prominent figure in the feminist art movement and is best known for her writings on the work of women artists such as eva hesse, alice neel, and louise nevelson. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. I would have liked to interview many of these artists in person. The book is still in print and can be ordered from amazon or barnes and noble as well as many other book stores. How lee krasner made jackson pollock a star literary hub. Nemser cindy papers finding aid for the cindy nemser. We asked authors, booksellers, publishers, editors, and others to share the places they go to connect with writers of the past, to the bars and cafes where todays authors give readings, and to those sites that are most inspiring for writing. Two books of interviews with contemporary women artists, eleanor munros originals and cindy nemsers art talk enable us to know the living with an intensity impossible for the unrecorded dead. Conversations with 15 women artists by harpercollins. We have you covered with 247 instant online tutoring. Cindy nemser freelance writer on the arts and novelist.
Two books of interviews with contemporary women artists, eleanor munros originals and cindy nemser s art talk enable us to know the living with an intensity impossible for the unrecorded dead. University of california press, 1996, 346 pp 30 color ills. Participates in a panel discussion at the brooklyn museum of art, new york women artists, seventy plus. An outspoken feminist, nemser was interested in getting to the root of how gender impacted the careers of the artists she spoke with. Rent art talk 2nd edition 9780064309837 today, or search our site for other textbooks by cindy nemser. Conversations with 15 women artists 1975 and reprinted in 1195. Cindy nemser born march 26, 1937 is an american art historian and writer. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. It is considered a classic and has been translated into numerous languages. The three added interviews were also done in the 70s.
Conversations with 15 women artists and my blog firebrand. Cindy nemser freelance writer on the arts and novelist cindy. Conversations with 12 women artists, scribner, 1975. Conversations with 15 women artists by cindy nemser a readable copy. Conversations with 15 women artists by cindy nemser this updated edition from 12 to 15, a mustread for any woman who creates for a living, has extraordinary interviews with barbara hepworth, sonia delaunay, louise nevelson, lee krasner, alice neel, grace hartigan, marisol, eva hesse, lila katzen, eleanor antin, audrey flack, nancy. There are now three editions of her book art talk, an anthology first published in 1975 containing numerous interviews with female artists.
Harpercollins reprinted it in 1995, in paperback, as art talk. Nemser is rather too eager and overweening, always popping leading questions like you must have had all sorts of ambivalent feelings about being a mother and having a child harping on all those conflicts between the image of a proper woman and that overpowering commitment to. Nemser has served as curator or cocurator of several exhibitions which celebrate female artists and feminist art, including in her own image, which showed at the fleisher art memorial gallery of the philadelphia museum of art in 1974, focus. It must no longer be possible for an art historian or critic to ignore the contributions of women artists and to perpetuate the inequity of keeping them separate, isolated, unable to compete and take laurels among male art talk. Art talk conversations with 15 women artists 2nd edition. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text.
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