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Artworks by women artists on 30 topics
related to Feminism and Contemporary Art

Introduction

About this topic: Girls

This topic collects together women artists' views of a young girl's dreams and fantasies before they become women. Most works explore their vulnerabilities and their hopes, their anxieties, the girl in fairy tales, aspirations (political and personal) and the need to reflect upon this transition in all women's lives and the emotional significance of it.

  1. Joyce Wieland (Canada) Young Woman's Blues (1964) painted construction 20 1/2 x12 1/4 x 8 1/2"  Canadian Art Database  


  2. Kate Walker (UK) Sweet Sixteen (1975) installation, Women's Free Art Alliance, London      


  3. Sally Mann (USA) At Twelve (1983 - 1985) black and white photographic series       


  4. Paula Rego (UK, Portugal) The Maids (1987) acrylic on canvas-backed paper 213 x 244 cm     


  5. Clarissa Sligh (USA) Seeking Comfort, I sucked my thumb (1989) cyanotype 30 x 23"     


  6. Sadie Benning (USA) Jollies (1990) video 11 min  Video Data Bank  


  7. Rineka Dijkstra (The Netherlands) Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26 1992 (1992) Photograph, colour, Chromogenic print, on paper 1370 x 1070 mm  Tate Collection  


  8. Lucy Gunning (UK) Climbing Around My Room (1993) video with sound, 7.5 mins      


  9. Inez van Lamsweerde (The Netherlands) Final Fantasy series (1993) series of C-print and perspex 100 x 150 cm     


  10. Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Finland) If 6 was 9 (1995) 35 mm film and 3 channel DVD projections with sound 10 min     


  11. Collier Schorr (USA) The Purloined Dick (1995) C-print 61 x 46 cm     


  12. Anna Gaskell (UK) Untitled (wonder) (1996) series of C-prints dimensions variable     


  13. Mako Idemitsu (Japan) Kai! Act Like a Girl (1996) film       


  14. Sharon Lockhart (USA) Goshogaoka Girls Basketball Team (1997) 16 mm film, color/sound, 63 minutes      


  15. Hellen van Meene (The Netherlands) Untitled (series) (1997 - 2000) C-prints 39 x 39 cm     


  16. Elodie Pong (USA, Switzerland) Pretty, Pretty (1998 - 2004) slideshow and video work presented together       


  17. Gillian Wearing (UK) 10-16 (1999) video projection, colour, sound, 15 min.      


  18. Sue de Beer and Laura Parnes (USA) Heidi 2: The Unauthorised Sequel (1999) 2 channel video installation      


  19. Lee Bul (Korea) Amateurs (1999) video, shown at Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale      


  20. Lena Cronqvist (Sweden) Operation (2000 - 2001) oil and tempera on canvas     


  21. Laura Stasiulyte (Lithuania) From the Life of Young Ladies (2001) video based on 80 letters from girls asking advice from a gynaecologist    National Gallery of Art, Lithuania  


  22. Julika Rudelius (Germany, The Netherlands) The Highest Point (2002) video  12.34 min     


  23. Jaki Irvine (Ireland) The Actress (2003) single-channel video projection  3.40 min     


  24. Esra Ersen (Turkey, Germany) Which One You Choose (2003) DVD, 17.30 mins.      


  25. Julie Nord (Denmark) Nothing's Real (2003) drawing, pen, paper      Statens Museum for Kunst 


  26. Cao Fei (China) COSplayers (2004) video, 8 mins and C-prints, series  75 x 100 cm each     


  27. Tomoko Sawada (Japan) School Days (2004) series of C-prints of artist, taking all the roles of a school group photo each 130 x 180 mm     


  28. Miwi Yanagi (Japan) Fairy Tale (2004) series of gelatin silver prints each 100 x 100 cm     


  29. Laura Parnes (USA) Blood and Guts in High School (2004 - 2006) video 40 min     


  30. Kesa Kivel (USA) The Girl's House Art Project (2005 - 2006) installation, community project with girls 12-13 years of age, modelled on Womanhouse (1972)     


  31. Maura Biava (Italy, The Netherlands) Polly's Graduation Night (2006) 41 gouaches on aluminium  each 26.6 x 35 cm     


  32. Jessica Stoller (USA) Untitled (2006) installation, with Ponygirl and pink      


  33. LA Raeven (The Netherlands) Echoes of Despair (2007) video, 4 colour photos  70 x 50 cm each     


  34. Ursula Kraft (Germany) Emerentia I and II (2008 - 2014) photographic image panels 105.5 cm x 52.5 cm x 300     


  35. Maria Eichhorn (Germany) Militant (2010) 1-channel video, HD, 16:9, 06:29 min, loop, colour, stereo sound      


  36. Fiona Tan (The Netherlands, Indonesia) Nellie (2013) video installation      


  37. Sharon Hayes (USA) Richerchez: three (2013) video installation, shown at 55th Venice Biennale, 2013, interviewing young women about their sexuality      


  38. Patricia Cronin (USA) Shrine for Girls (2015) site specific installation, using clothes, Chiesa san Gallo, Venice