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QUEER—
Harmony Hammond,
‘definition of feminist art’ (non-hegemonic) in
“Wrappings: Essays on Feminism, Art, and the Martial Arts”, TSL Press (Time and Space Limited Press), New York City, 1984, p. 99::: “Feminism is the political analysis of the experience of being a woman in patriarchal culture. The main problem is that both the art establishment and the feminist community approach feminism as an aesthetic or a style.
But feminism is not an esthetic. It is the political analysis of the experience of being a woman in patriarchal culture. This analysis becomes a state of mind, a way of being and thinking when it is reflected in one’s life. It can be articulated in art, and the art itself can in turn contribute to the process of analysis and consciousness. If art and life are connected, and if one is a feminist, then one must be a feminist artist—that is, one must make art that reflects a political consciousness of what it means to be a woman in patriarchal culture. The visual form this consciousness takes varies from artist to artist.”
