Humour as an Avant-garde strategy in Three Generations of Feminist Art: Kirsten Justesen, Hanne Nielsen & Birgit Johnsen and Maja Malou Lyse

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Abstract

Humour has been used as a feminist avant-garde strategy by generations of artists. Since the historical avant-gardes of the 1920s humorous (re)presentations of the body have been part of female artists’ activism. This essay focuses on three generations of Danish women artists who in different ways have used their bodies in a critical manner, ranging from ironic representations of women’s living conditions by Kirsten Justesen and understated absurdity in silently repeated actions by the artist duo Hanne Nielsen & Birgit Johnsen to loud and even grotesque stereotypical exaggeration by Maja Malou Lyse.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Cultural History of the Avant-garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975
EditorsBenedikt Hjartarson, Camilla Skovbjerg Paldam, Laura Luise Schultz, Tania Ørum
Place of publicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Publication date2022
Pages322-340
ISBN (Print)9789004444560
ISBN (Electronic)9789004515956
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
SeriesAvant Garde Critical Studies
ISSN1387-3008

Keywords

  • Humour
  • Feminism
  • Art

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