Elaine Shemilt: Doppelgänger in protest.

Leuzzi, Laura

Abstract

In her art, Elaine Shemilt uses the image of the body to powerfully illustrate her exploration of identity, and her problematization and questioning of the representation and objectification of women. Her work challenges society as a whole and the art world, which marginalizes women artists. While second wave feminism in the UK fought for equality, pacifism, ecology and rights in the workplace, Shemilt independently addressed many of these issues in her practice and fought against marginalization in art.

Citation

LEUZZI, L. 2021. Elaine Shemilt: Doppelgänger in protest. In Schor, G. (ed.) Feministische Avantgarde: Kunst der 1970er-Jahre. Vienna: Sammlung Verbund; Munich: Prestel Germany, volume 2, pages 178-181.

• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 23, 2024
• Publisher: Sammlung Verbund
• Pages: 178-181
• Book Title: Feministische Avantgarde: Kunst der 1970er-Jahre. Volume 2
• ISBN: 9783791354453
• Keywords: Feminism; Women artists; Women in art; Gender discrimination; Women and society
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2440835
• Additional Information: The content of the file accompanying this record is written in German. The book in which this chapter appeared was produced to accompany the exhibition "Female Sensibility: Feministische Avantgarde aus der Sammlung Verbund", held 19 February - 16 May 2010, La Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; 3 June - 1 September 2013, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; 18 June - 31 August 2014, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels; 20 September 2014 - 11 January 2015, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad; 13 March - 31 May 2015, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; 6 October 2016 - 8 January 2017, Photographers' Gallery, London; 4 May - 10 September 2017, mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wein, Vienna; 18 November 2017 - 1 April 2018, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe; 15 June - 14 October 2018, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger; 11 December 2018 - 24 February 2019; Brno House of Arts, Brno; 19 July 2019 - 6 January 2020, CCCB - Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona; 24 September 2021 - 9 January 2022, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz. (Volume 2 was produced exclusively for the Lentos Kunstmuseum as an addition to the original volume, which was first published in 2015. Both volumes can be purchased online: https://shop.museenderstadtlinz.at/artikel/feministische-avantgarde-kunst-der-1970er-jahre-aus-der-sammlung-verbund