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Essay / What is the importance of feminist art in China and what is...
Feminism is a cultural movement born at the end of the 19th century, following the rise of the industrial revolution and the formation of various social ideologies. Feminism was born in France and then gradually introduced to other countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States. Feminism was officially introduced to China during the May Fourth Movement, and feminist art emerged on the Chinese contemporary art scene around the 1990s. Chinese feminist art is not only different from women's art traditional Chinese because it clearly emphasizes feminine characteristics, but it is also distinct from Western art. feminist art to the extent that it embraces Chinese culture as much as possible. Unlike Western feminist art which is closely attached to the ideologies of the feminist movement, Chinese feminist art does not have a fixed theme as it focuses on the gender division and uses this division as a means to highlight style. artistic with feminine features. Feminist art is based on emotional, free-spirited and sentimental experiences. Western feminist artistic expression is the struggle for equal status with men, trying to eliminate all obstacles that hinder the reflection and personal development of female liberation. Therefore, the difference between the concept of Chinese and Western feminist art is whether it is related to gender or rights. Western feminist art is formed by the direct association between the arts and social, political, economic, cultural and other aspects. With the rise of the feminist movement, the elimination of gender inequality and the fight for feminist rights continue to occur in all areas of society. Art as a form of performance and questioning of the social form, is naturally implied in the middle of the paper......art has in fact entered into a kind of "normalization". From another point of view, feminist art criticism has a sense of enlightenment and has undergone a fundamental change, in a new cultural context, or that feminist arts exist. Of course, this process has little to do with the arts and has a direct relationship with the development of social civilization and even with the improvement of social productivity. Works Cited Heywood, Andrew. Political ideologies: an introduction. Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2012 Reckitt, Helena. Art and feminism. Phaidon Press: London, 2012Butler, Cornelia. Wack! : Art and the feminist revolution. MIT Press: Massachusetts, 2007 Chicago, Judy. Dinner: from creation to preservation. Merrell: New York, 2007 Chen, Ya-chen. The many dimensions of Chinese feminism (breaking the feminist waves). Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2011Various Chinese books