Crossing borders and other dividers in Western Europe and the British Isles

Kokoli, Alexandra M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3730-8570 (2019) Crossing borders and other dividers in Western Europe and the British Isles. In: A Companion to Feminist Art. Robinson, Hilary and Buszek, Maria Elena, eds. Blackwell Companions to Art History . Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 127-141. ISBN 9781118929155. [Book Section]

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Abstract

The task of charting artistic practices informed and motivated by feminism in a designated geographical area may be approached in two seemingly opposed but actually interconnected ways: as a flawed premise that would be in need of dismantling were it not already deconstructed; or as a provocation to entertain its (im)possibilities by attempting to trace rhizomes of shared questions, perspectives and practices. Taking the latter, more positive option surprisingly leads back to the former: the search for common ground reveals vital links and dialogues beyond the European border in a centrifugal spin. This chapter begins with an instance of the fundamental dialogue between European and North American feminisms, proceeds through a consideration of the decentering of gender in feminist art practices, and ends with a multi-lingual performance by a Greek artist on Turkish soil, in which both boundaries and their watery dissolution are put into play.

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