Olympia's maid : reclaiming black female subjectivity

Author

O'Grady, Lorraine

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Afterimage. 1992, Num. 1, Vol. 20, 14-15, 23, 6 ill.

ISSN

0300-7472

Abstract (en)

Discusses the problem of reclaiming the body as a site of black female subjectivity; works discussed include conceptual art by Renee Green (Seen, 1990, about Saartjie Baartman and Josephine Baker), and O'Grady's own photomontages of nudes.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• O'Grady, Lorraine, 20th c.
• Green, Renée, b.1959
• Art
• Representation
• Blacks
• Subjectivity
• Photomontage
• Iconography
• Nude
• Women
• Conceptual art
• Photography
• United States

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Green, Renée, n.1959
• Art
• Représentation
• Noirs
• Subjectivité
• Photomontage
• Iconographie
• Nu
• Femmes
• Art conceptuel
• Photographie
• Etats-Unis

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00337405

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