Agreeable Objects and Angry Paintings: “Female Imagery” in Art by Hannah Wilke and Louise Fishman, 1970-1973

April 1, 2006

[1] “Who has the guts to deal with cunts?” asked sculptor Hannah Wilke in 1973 (Schwartz). Louise Fishman, a painter, told critic Sarah Whitworth that her thoughts immediately turned to women’s genitals when she decided to examine consciously what part being a woman played in her work (58). Both saw...