Abstract
The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand it wants to outline the history of feminist art as a parallel story to the cultural history presented at KØN – Gender Museum Denmark; on the other hand, it aims to investigate the role feminist art can play in activist, cultural history museums. I suggest that it would be beneficial if museums increasingly allowed the two stories to be intertwined. Therefore, the article first provides an overview of the history of feminist art – its media, topics, and expressions – but without pretending to be exhaustive or to project a canon. It then looks at three examples of cultural history exhibits, two at KØN and one at the Schwules Museum in Berlin, which, in addition to other objects, also feature art. The aim here is to investigate what art can contribute in relation to other types of objects, and what potential art can have in a museum context. I contend that art is an excellent ‘agile object’ (German & Harris 2017), which is particularly suitable for creating the reflection and debate at which museums aim. First, though, I will explain what this article means by “feminist art” and how feminist art has evolved throughout history.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Activist Museum : Practice, theories and actors |
| Editors | Louise Fabian, Julie Rokkjær Birch, Signe Uldbjerg |
| Place of publication | Aarhus |
| Publisher | KØN forlag |
| Publication date | 2024 |
| Pages | 87-100 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788788923100 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |