Two lives : ordinary/extraordinary

Author

Jacobsen, Carol

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 77, p. 152-157, 7 ill. (3 col)

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

Examines May Stevens's series begun in the late 1970s titled Ordinary/Extraordinary: photomontages, paintings, and collages which examine the situation of women in male society by juxtaposing the life of the artist's mother, Alice Stevens, with that of the revolutionary Socialist leader Rosa Luxemburg.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Feminism
• Painting
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Ordinary/Extraordinary (series)
• Portraits
• Stevens, May, b.1924
• Luxemburg, Rosa, 1871-1919
• Photomontage
• Socialism
• Stevens, Alice, 1895-1985
• Politics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Féminisme
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Ordinary/Extraordinary (série)
• Portrait
• Stevens, May, n.1924
• Luxemburg, Rosa, 1871-1919
• Photomontage
• Socialisme
• Stevens, Alice, 1895-1985
• Politique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447069

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