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WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution
Editors	Cornelia Butler; Lisa Gabrielle Mark
Cover artist	Martha Rosler, "Hot House, or Harem," from the series "Body Beautiful, or Beauty Knows No Pain," 1966-72, detail
Subject	Art and the feminist revolution
Genre	Information and Reference Book
Published	2007 The MIT Press
ISBN	978-0-914357-99-5

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution was an exhibition of international women's art presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from March 4–July 16, 2007.^[1] It later traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts (September 21--December 16, 2007) and the PS1 Contemporary Art Center, where it was on view February 17–May 12, 2008. The exhibition featured works from 120 artists and artists' groups from around the world.^[2]

The 2007 exhibition catalogue—also titled WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution^[3]—documents this first major retrospective of art and the feminist revolution. Edited by Cornelia Butler and Lisa Gabrielle Mark, it has essays by Butler, Judith Russi Kirshner, Catherine Lord, Marsha Meskimmon, Richard Meyer, Helen Molesworth, Peggy Phelan, Nelly Richard, Valerie Smith, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, and Jenni Sorkin.^[4]^[5]

WACK! surveyed work by more than 120 artists in a wide variety of media, arranged by themes including Abstraction, "Autophotography," Body as Medium, Family Stories, Gender Performance, Knowledge as Power, Making Art History, and others.^[6]

Artists included in the exhibition and catalogue

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Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017), Polish sculptor and fiber artist
Marina Abramović (born 1946), Serbian and former Yugoslavian performance artist
Carla Accardi (1924–2014), Italian painter
Chantal Akerman (1950–2015), Belgian film director and artist
Helena Almeida (1934–2018), Portuguese artist
Sonia Andrade (born 1935), Brazilian artist
Eleanor Antin (born 1935), American artist
Judith F. Baca (born 1946), American Chicana artist
Mary Bauermeister (1934–2023), German artist
Lynda Benglis (born 1941), American artist
Berwick Street Film Collective
Camille Billops (1933–2019), African-American artist
Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), American video and installation artist
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French-American artist and sculptor
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (born 1940), American graphic designer and artist
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), South Korean-born American novelist and artist
Judy Chicago (born 1939), American artist
Lygia Clark (1920–1988), Brazilian artist
Tee Corinne (1943–2006), American artist
Niki de Saint Phalle (1030–2002), Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), and Per Olof Ultvedt
Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), American artist
Disband
Assia Djebar (1936–2015), Algerian filmmaker
Rita Donagh (born 1939), British artist
Kirsten Dufour (born 1941), Danish artist
Lili Dujourie (born 1941), Belgian video artist
Mary Beth Edelson (1933–2021), American artist
Rose English British performance artist
VALIE EXPORT (born 1940), Austrian artist
Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), New Zealand painter
Louise Fishman (1939–2021), American painter
Audrey Flack (born 1931), American artist
Iole de Freitas (born 1945), Brazilian photographer and filmmaker
Isa Genzken (born 1948), German artist
Nancy Grossman (born 1940), American artist
Barbara Hammer (1939–2019), American filmmaker
Harmony Hammond (born 1944), American artist and writer
Margaret Harrison (born 1940), English artist
Mary Heilmann (born 1940), American artist
Lynn Hershman (born 1941), American artist and filmmaker
Eva Hesse (1936–1970), Jewish German-born American sculptor
Susan Hiller (1940–2019), American artist
Rebecca Horn (born 1944), German visual artist
Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), New Zealand painter and photographer
Mako Idemitsu (born 1940), Japanese filmmaker
Sanja Iveković (born 1949), Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist
Joan Jonas (born 1936), American video and performance artist
Kirsten Justesen (born 1943), Danish artist
Mary Kelly (born 1941), American conceptual artist
Joyce Kozloff (born 1942), American artist
Friedl Kubelka (born 1946), Austrian photographer
Shigeko Kubota (1937–2015), Japanese-born video artist, sculptor and performance artist
Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), Japanese artist and writer
Ketty La Rocca (b. 1938, d. 1976), Italian artist
Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), American artist
Suzy Lake (born 1947), American-Canadian artist
Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), Austrian artist
Lesbian Art Project (1977–1979), participatory art movement in Los Angeles
Lee Lozano (1930–1999), American artist
Léa Lublin (1929–1999), Polish, Argentine, and French performance artist
Anna Maria Maiolino (born 1942), Italian-Brazilian artist
Mónica Mayer (born 1954), Mexican artist
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist
Annette Messager (born 1943), French visual artist
Marta Minujín and Richard Squires
Nasreen Mohamedi (1937–1990), Indian artist
Linda M. Montano (born 1942), American performance artist
Ree Morton (1936–1977), American artist
Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen (1938–2019)
Alice Neel (1900–1984), American artist
Senga Nengudi (born 1943), African-American artist
Ann Newmarch (1945–2022), Australian artist
Lorraine O’Grady (born 1934), American conceptual artist
Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), American composer
Yoko Ono (born 1933), Japanese multimedia artist
ORLAN (born 1947), French artist
Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942), German filmmaker
Gina Pane (1939–1990), French artist
Catalina Parra (born 1940), Chilean artist
Ewa Partum (born 1945), Polish-German artist
Howardena Pindell (born 1943), American abstract artist
Adrian Piper (born 1948), American conceptual artist
Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born 1938), American artist, painter, printmaker, and pastelist
Sally Potter (born 1949), English filmmaker and performance artist
Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker
Ursula Reuter Christiansen (born 1943), German-Danish filmmaker and painter
Lis Rhodes (born 1942), British artist
Faith Ringgold (born 1930) African-American artist
Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943), German video and performance artist
Martha Rosler (born 1943), American artist
Betye Saar (born 1926), American artist
Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), Canadian-born American artist
Mira Schendel (1919–1988), Brazilian artist
Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), American artist
Joan Semmel (born 1932), American feminist painter
Bonnie Sherk (1945–2021), American landscape architect and performance artist
Cindy Sherman (born 1954), American photographer
Katharina Sieverding (born 1941), Czech photographer
Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-born American realist painter
Alexis Smith (born 1949), American artist
Barbara T. Smith (born 1931), American performance artist
Mimi Smith (born 1942), American artist
Juliana Snapper (born 1972), American vocalist and performance artist
Joan Snyder (born 1940), American painter
Valerie Solanas (1936–1988), American writer
Annegret Soltau (born 1946), German artist
Nancy Spero (1926–2009), American artist
Spiderwoman Theater
Lisa Steele (born 1947), Canadian video artist
Sturtevant (1924–2014), American artist
Cosey Fanni Tutti (born 1951), English performance artist
Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), American artist
Cecilia Vicuña (born 1947), Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker
June Wayne (1918–2011), American printmaker, tapestry designer and painter
"Where We At" Black Women Artists
Colette Whiten (born 1945), sculpture, installation and performance artist
Faith Wilding (born 1943), Paraguayan American multidisciplinary artist
Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), American artist
Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), American photographer
Nil Yalter, Judy Blum Reddy, and Nicole Croiset
Nil Yalter (born 1938), Egyptian-French artist, co-founder of Groupe de Cinq
Zarina (1937–2020), Indian-American artist

References

^ "WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution". The Museum of Contemporary Art. 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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