feminist.bloggers@brooklynmuseumFeminist art, news, and events from the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist ArtPicks of the Week (627-73)- June 26, 2008 SWAP (Supporting Women Artists Project) hosts its Summer Auction at A.I.R. Gallery on June 26th, featuring work by both SWAP artists in residence as well as their student mentee artists from Girls Prep. (Left: Claire Brassil, untitled, gouache and graphite on paper, 20 x 20&8243;, 2007. Courtesy: Claire Brassil. Right: Announcement for SWAP&8217;s Summer Auction. Courtesy: ...http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/feministbloggers/2008/06/26/picks-of-t... Picks of the Week (613-619)- June 10, 2008 Work by Kathe Burkhart opens June 14th at Galerie Lumen Travo in Amsterdam. Cleverly appropriating a pop art aesthetic for feminist ends, Burkhart visually and verbally elaborates the radical female subject. (Kathe Burkhart, Blueballs: from the Liz Taylor Series (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), 2007, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 72 x 108 in. ...http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/feministbloggers/2008/06/10/picks-of-t... Picks of the Week (606-612)- June 5, 2008 Opening June 7th at Rose Gallery is Global Feminisms artist Tomoko Sawada&8217;s Bride. Sawada&8217;s diptychs represent a meditation on the dichotomies of old and new, east and west, and tradition and fashion. (Tomoko Sawada, BRIDE, 2007, 1983, 19.75 x 19.75 in., Lambda print mounted on Alpolic. Courtesy: Rose Gallery.) &8220;Not for the prude, humor-less, or squeamish!&8221; June ...http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/feministbloggers/2008/06/05/picks-of-t... |