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- Title
In Pursuit of the Unspeakable: Heresies '"Lesbian Art and Artists" Issue, 1977.
- Authors
Burk, Tara
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the Fall 1977 issue of the journal "Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics," which focused on lesbian art and artists. According to the author, the issue was intended to reconcile the cultures and demands of lesbian feminism and New York City's contemporary art scene in order to provide a conceptual space for lesbian cultural production. Details on the issue's focus on abstraction and the marginalized history of abstract art are presented.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); FEMINISM periodicals; LESBIAN artists; LESBIAN feminism; ART; ABSTRACT art; CULTURAL production; 20TH century art
- Publication
WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 3/4, p63
- ISSN
0732-1562
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/wsq.2013.0098