Double X was an American women's artist collective, active from 1975 to 1985 in Los Angeles, California, U.S..[1] Their aim was to expand the visibility of art made by women. Exhibitions held by Double X displayed work by their members and other established/emerging women artists. One can find many perspectives which are now considered to be the foundation of the feminist art movement within Double X's founding statement.[citation needed]
“We are committed to expanding the notion of what is considered art . . . .We recognize a pluralistic art that is both stylistically diverse and expressive of a variety of points of view in a framework such that although different modes may conflict with one another, they do not negate one another.”
History
editDouble X has been left out of many history books, but many consider their legacy is 'incontournable'. Double X comprised members such as: Faith Wilding, Audrey Chan, Barbara McCullough, Micol Hebron, Nancy Youdelman, Merion Estes, Connie Jenkins, Carol Kaufman, Rachel Rosenthal, Nancy Buchanan,[2] Jan Lester Martin, Nancy Webber, Marsia Alexander-Clarke, Vanalyne Green, Diane Calder, Mayde Herberg, Judith Simonian, Rachel Youdelman, and Vaughan Rachel.
In 2015, Chapman University's Guggenheim Gallery hosted "XX Redux: revisiting a feminist art collective," highlighted the work of many of the collective's members, and the exhibition itself reflected the continued absence of many women's voices from contemporary art galleries.[3]
References
edit- ^ Jacob, Mary Jane (1983). The Amazing Decade: Women and Performance Art in America, 1970-1980. Astro Artz. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-937122-09-9.
- ^ "Amelia Jones in dialogue with Nancy Buchanan, "Truly for Real"". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Chapman University Revisits the F Word". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- Wilding, Faith. By Our Own Hands: The Women Artist's Movement in Southern California, 1971-76.