New York New Wave

New York is a centre of creative production for an exciting, emerging generation of women artists. Their work investigates themes such as the body as medium and subject matter; the deconstruction of the existing patriarchal order of the art world; the appropriation of earlier art historical references; and the use of so-called abject and everyday materials. New York New Wave investigates the relevance of earlier feminist practice for this 'new' generation, asking: Does gender difference still play a role in today's practice? How can younger women artists embrace a radical political ideology and yet remain market friendly? How far have these artists diverged from the established feminist "tradition"? Artists discussed include: Firelei Baez, EV Day, Ruby LaToya Fraser, Diana Al-Hadid, K8 Hardy, Valerie Hegarty, Cindy Hinant, Dawn Kasper, Anya Kielar, Liz Magic Laser, Narcissister, Alix Pearlstein, Aurel Schmidt, AL Steiner and W.A.G.E.

Kathy Battista is a Faculty Member and Founding Program Director of the MA Contemporary Art Program, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York and a writer and curator.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Feminism: The New Wave 2 Re-envisioning a Feminist Practice for the Twenty-first Century 3 The Artist is Present: The Body in Feminist Performance, Then and Now 4 Avant-Drag: The (Fe)male Body Reconsidered for the Twenty-first Century 5 Rewind/Repeat: Reconsidering the Postwar Male Canon in Contemporary Feminist Practice Notes Bibliography Index