UNSPEAKABLE ACTS

The 1970s was a time of deep division and newfound freedoms. Galvanized by The Second Sex and The Feminine Mystique, the civil right s movement and theMarch on Washington, a new generation put their bodies on the line to protest injustice. Still, even in the heart of certain resistance movements, sexualviolence against women had reached epidemic levels. Initially, it went largely unacknowledged . But some bold women artists and activists, including Y.Ono, A. Mendieta, M. Abramovic, A. Piper, N.Spero and J. Holzer, fired up b y womens ...[Llegir més]