Feminist Art Icon Lucy Lippard’s Life on the Frontlines of Art

Описание: While scores of artists and critics alike keep Lucy Lippard’s volumes stacked high on their shelves, she is fairly enigmatic as a figure. In this episode of the Hyperallergic podcast, she sat down with our Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian to give a rare recorded interview about her life in art.

To better understand her work, we also talked with the Brooklyn Museum’s Sackler Senior Curator of Feminist Art Catherine Morris, who put together a show on Lippard’s work from 2012 to 2013 entitled “Materializing ‘Six Years’: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art.” We also interviewed editor, book artist, and painter Susan Bee, a member of Brooklyn’s A.I.R. Gallery, which was the first space in the city dedicated to women artists. She had a front-row seat to Lippard’s influence in the emerging 1960s and ’70s feminist art scene of which were both a part.

From our vantage point in the 2020s, it’s easy to take women’s representation in museums for granted. But, as Bee reminds us, “None of this stuff happened. It was really a fight.” Now, as women’s rights begin to slip away once again, we can learn from these stories to better prepare for the fight ahead.

Listen to this episode anywhere you get your favorite podcasts, or, on here on YouTube, where you can follow the conversation along with reference images in the video.
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