Contemporary feminist art: an overview

Historically, artists (predominantly male painters) used the female body as a muse, something to serve as inspiration for painting "the perfect woman". In contrast, contemporary feminist arists (both male and female) now use a variety of media and subject matter to explore the idea of equality and feminism.

Poster by the Guerrilla Girls.

"The Dinner Party", sculptural work by Judy Chicago.

Typographic/photographic work by Barbara Kruger.

The wide range of materials used in modern feminist art allow the artists to explore a variety of subtopics within the broad subject that is feminism and equality. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the feminist art movement has expanded continuously, and there are currently many major artists who are not only female themselves, but who make art about feminism and female equality.