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""Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?"" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Today her insightful critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the impact of women artists on contemporary art since the advent of the feminist movement. Following a comprehensive essay assessing the changes in the situation of women artists, the authors examine in depth the careers of twelve outstanding artists: Marina Abramowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Ellen Gallagher, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Murray, Shirin Neshat, Judy Pfaff, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero. Each artist's accomplishments and her influence on contemporaries including younger male and female artists is explored. A preface by Nochlin and a concluding essay with extensive statistical documentation frame this essential volume.

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Eleanor Heartney's books include Critical Condition: American Culture at the Crossroads and Movements in Modern Art: Postmodernism. Helaine Posner has organized many exhibitions and is the author of Kiki Smith. Nancy Princenthal, a contributing editor to Art in America, is on the faculties of Bard College and New York University. Sue Scott is a curator whose articles have appeared in ArtNews, Art Papers and Art and Antiques.

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