{"product_id":"faith-wildings-fearful-symmetries-9781789380613","title":"Faith Wilding's Fearful Symmetries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply influenced by studies of female iconology, the medieval, the subconscious and hybrid bodies, Faith Wilding's art is instantly recognisable. In keeping with Wilding's own artworks, this book is a bricolage: memoirs and watercolours sit alongside critical essays and family photographs to form an overall history of both Wilding's life and works as well as the wider feminist art movement of the 1970s and beyond.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis collection spans fifty years of Wilding's artistic production, feminist art pedagogy and participation in, and organising of, feminist art collectives, such as the Feminist Art Program, Womanhouse, Womanspace Gallery and the Woman's Building. Featuring contributions from scholars and artists, including Amelia Jones, the book is the first of its kind to celebrate the career of an artist who helped shape the feminist art of today. Intimate, philosophical and insightful, \u003cem\u003eFaith Wilding's Fearful Symmetries\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful book intended for artists, scholars and a broader audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book is a profound and delightful fusion of the personal and the political. Wilding's unique childhood, her activism and her lovely, poetic but pointed art is investigated through the lens of critical feminism she has helped to construct.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Lucy R. Lippard, radical art writer and author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fearful Symmetries if the first major collection of scholarly and critical essays on feminist artist Faith Wilding, whose pioneering works are exemplary of some of the most exciting developments in contemporary art involving interdisciplinary collaboration and activism over the last five decades. This volume is absolutely essential reading for any serious artist, scholar and student interested in contemporary feminist art engaging its socoipolitical and historical contexts.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean and Professor at Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is a dazzling book interweaving Faith Wilding's poetic and evocative memories from her childhood in Paraguay onwards with informative essays by diverse authors. The book also offers an incredible collection of Wilding's works, including her legendary performance Waiting.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Moira Roth, Art Historian and Professor of Performance Art and Twentieth-Century Art History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rarely do we have the privilege to enter the world of experiences, feelings, relations that inspire art works, to see the images emerge from the words, to hear different voices reflecting on this process. Faith Wilding’s Fearful Symmetries is an exception. But what is most commendable about this book is the sheer beauty of Wilding’s descriptions of the enchanted world in which she grew up, the magical quality of the paintings included in the book and, equally important, Wilding’s reflections on her striving to create generative, organic life forms beyond the world of the feminine. This is a powerful book to be read, shared and treasured.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Silvia Federici, Author of Caliban and the Witch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fearful Symmetries is an essential and long-overdue contribution to the history of feminist art that comprehensively examines the work of one of the movement's most important figures. This book does justice, finally, to Faith Wilding’s wide-ranging, poetic, and politically-infused work with an intellectual approach and aesthetic sensibility that matches the richness of the artist’s work.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Elissa Auther, Windgate Research \u0026amp; Collections Curator, Museum of Arts and Design and the Bard Graduate Centre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: Calling the World \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShannon R. Stratton,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Coming to Becoming: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: Drawing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenni Sorkin,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Drawing through the Feminine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmelia Jones,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Faith Wilding and the Enfleshing Painting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: Reading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding and Elizabeth Hess,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"As Faith Would Say...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Vaughn,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Faith Wilding: Fearful Symmetries \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: Born Pagan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIrina Aristarkhova,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e The One Who Waits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMario Ontiveros,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Imagining Solidarity Otherwise: Faith Wilding's Strategies for Writing, Making and Collaborating\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: The Blue Flower\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Tucker and Faith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Learning Together\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMira Schor and Faith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Best and the Worst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Wilding,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Memoirs Excerpt: Fearful Symmetries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShannon R. Stratton,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Anlagen: An Afterword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith Wilding: Chronology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributor Biographies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042572370263,"sku":"9781789380613","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/faith-wildings-fearful-symmetries-9781789380613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}