"Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection" Exhibition

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At Brooklyn Museum
Media: Photography

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The exhibition title refers to the idea of the “master’s house” from two perspectives: the museum as the historical domain of male artists and professed masters of art history, and the house as the supposed proper province of women.

Most of the paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and videos in the exhibition are by self-declared feminists and artists of later generations working within the historic framework of feminist art. The widely diverse forms and ideas on view suggest that feminist art is not limited to a specific look or reading.

[Image: Carrie Mae Weems “Untitled (Man Smoking/Malcolm X), from the Kitchen Table series” (1990) Gelatin silver print]

Schedule

From 2008-10-31 To 2009-02-08

Artist(s)

Carrie Mae Weems, Kiki Smith, Tracey Emin, Tracey Moffatt et al.

Fee

Suggested Contributions: Adults $8, Seniors and Students $4, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free

Venue Hours

From 10:00 To 17:00
saturdays opening at 11:00, sundays opening at 11:00, saturdays closing at 18:00, sundays closing at 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays
Note:First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm

Access

Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum

Address

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136

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