Outline
Significance and Contribution of text-based art in women’s art practice
1. Introduction
> Explain my use of the contextual analysis for this paper
> Introduce key topics and issues explored by women artists with text-based practice
> Issue the relevance of 1980’s topics explored by seminal artists in today’s society (#MeeToo Movement…)
2. Significance of Aesthetics and Materiality
> Establishing the formalistic importance of materiality for artists
(Kress, G. and Van Leeuwen, T. 1996 Reading Images; The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge; Drucker, J. 1994 The Visible Word; Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.) : Jenny Holzer: She is concerned with the visual presentation of her art, but each work begins with a text: “Language has been the core because the writing holds most of the subject matter. “- Radical aesthetics -
> Quickly refer to typography strategies
(Heller, S. (2013). Writing and research for graphic designers. Rockport Pub.; Blacksell, R. (2013b). From Looking to Reading: Text-Based Conceptual Art and Typographic Discourse. Design Issues, 29(2), 60–81. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00210 )
> Define the use and appropriation of advertising and publishing strategies – attracting a wider audience and evoking empathy (also connected to public speech) – define briefly an example of each artists use of materiality of text in this way
(Zurbrugg, N. (2004). Art Performance Media. U of Minnesota Press.; Geary, J. (2011). The World in a Phrase. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.;; Grosenick, U. (2001). Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century(Taschen Specials). Taschen.;
> Define the role and significance of juxtaposition/ opposition
3. The uses of language
> Introduce the masculinity of language and how it affects women
(Lakoff, R. T. (2004). Language and Woman’s Place. Oxford University Press.)
> Define the difference in masculine use of language and feminine use of language in text-based art
(Blacksell, R. (2013b). From Looking to Reading: Text-Based Conceptual Art and Typographic Discourse. Design Issues, 29(2), 60–81. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00210)
> Introduce the use of appropriation – acclamation of a masculine device to reclaim voice/power (connect with the second heading)
(Linden, L. (2016). Reframing Pictures: Reading the Art of Appropriation. Art Journal, 75(4), 40–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043249.2016.1269561 ) – utilizing language in a typically masculine way – Include the public speaking discourse (Mills, S. (2006). Discourse. Routledge.) and connect with juxtaposition/opposition strategy
> Define and connect the use of juxtaposition of a masculine device to gain a feministic voice
4. Provocative power of language
> Explain the role of language (producing sensory experiences; Singh, I. (2004). Language, society, and power. Psychology Press.) and the importance of text for the feministic practice – Helene Cixous and the importance of writing for women
(Horne, V. (2017). Feminism and Art History Now. I.B.Tauris.; Malloy, J. (2003). Women, Art, and Technology (Leonardo Books). MIT Press.; Cixous, H., Cohen, K., & Cohen, P. (n.d.). The Laugh of the Medusa. Signs, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer, 1976), pp. 875–893. https://doi.org/10.2307/3173239 )
> Theoretically explore the provocative power of language – Roland Barthes (Text of Bliss) and Pierre Bourdieu
(Barthes, R. (1989). The pleasure of the text. Macmillan.;; Bourdieu, Pierre. 1991. Language and Symbolic Power. Cambridge: Polity Press.)
> Employ this on example of women’s art practice – their focus on the issues pertaining to the act of criticism (connect with the first heading – this use of language for what kind of messages and topics) – The appropriateness of the medium