Griselda Pollock Book order

Griselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist, and imperialist underpinnings of works created by Gauguin and others as they competed for preeminence in the European artistic avant-garde of the 1880s and '90s.

The book delves into theories of embodiment and gesture to enhance the understanding of New York abstract painting. It offers insightful analyses of works by artists like Krasner, while also examining Pollock and Frankenthaler in their creative processes. By connecting the experiences of these artist-women with Marilyn Monroe, the text highlights the interplay between art and subjectivity, revealing deeper cultural and personal narratives within the abstract painting movement.

The definitive introduction to the artist Mary Cassatt, placing her work in the wider context of 19th-century feminism and art theory.

This book explores how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of New York abstract painting. Providing readings of paintings by Krasner and examining images of Pollock and Frankenthaler at work, it builds a bridge between the New York artist-women and their other, Marilyn Monroe. -- .

Exploring the relationship between art and trauma, this book delves into whether artists move away from or towards their traumas and how these experiences manifest in their work. It questions whether art can transform trauma without providing a complete resolution, focusing on the role of artists as both creators and interpreters of personal and collective histories. Additionally, it examines how viewers engage with artworks that carry the weight of trauma, seeking connections and transformations through these emotional and historical traces.

In closely-read case studies, we encounter artworks by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, Alina Szapocznikow, Anna Maria Maiolino, Vera Frenkel, Sarah Kofman and Chantal Akerman to explore trauma and bereavement, fatal illness, Holocaust experience, migration, exile and the encounter with political horror and atrocity. -- .

Pollock looks at the epic art-text narratives of Charlotte Salomon, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943.

Explores the sacred and the feminine in art, architecture, literature, art history, music, philosophy, theology, critical theory and cultural studies. This book addresses key issues in feminist questions of creativity, the imaginary and the sacred as 'otherness', examining the ways in which visual practices have explored this territory.

Griselda Pollock presents a transformative approach to experiencing and studying visual arts by proposing virtual exhibitions that highlight women's contributions to twentieth-century art. She challenges traditional museum models that have marginalized female artists, creating a virtual feminist museum that explores intricate relationships between femininity, modernity, and representation. This work aims to reconceptualize the narrative of art history, fostering new encounters and appreciation for women's artistic achievements.