Set of published materials related to the 2014 exhibition 'In the Name of Asian Female Artists: Whomen'. Includes exhibition catalogue, education kit and leaflet. DVD of a corresponding film directed by Huang Mingchuan is also available in the AAA Library (location code: CD.001703).
'Works featured in this exhibition, which are structured using several sets of related words, explore closes relationships of a unique kind between women and home. More specifically, the exhibition looks at how the female artists explore the multiple meanings of home by examining their lives particularly in relation to experiences of the body and of cultural shocks. Participants of these exhibitions include some of the most prominent female/feminist artists who engage themselves in the dialogues between Taiwan and the rest of Asia in their attempts to demonstrate their rich creative imagination, skills and cultural heritage. (...)The exhibition is divided into three parts: 1. Nursing and Caring; 2. Weaving and Knitting; 3. Women and Home. Together, these works paint a broad picture of the lives and loves of Asian women in every stage of their lives.' (Abstract from leaflet)
Chapter headings of essays in the exhibition catalogue are listed below.
The catalogue also includes coloured plates of exhibited works, as well as artists' biographies.
'Works featured in this exhibition, which are structured using several sets of related words, explore closes relationships of a unique kind between women and home. More specifically, the exhibition looks at how the female artists explore the multiple meanings of home by examining their lives particularly in relation to experiences of the body and of cultural shocks. Participants of these exhibitions include some of the most prominent female/feminist artists who engage themselves in the dialogues between Taiwan and the rest of Asia in their attempts to demonstrate their rich creative imagination, skills and cultural heritage. (...)The exhibition is divided into three parts: 1. Nursing and Caring; 2. Weaving and Knitting; 3. Women and Home. Together, these works paint a broad picture of the lives and loves of Asian women in every stage of their lives.' (Abstract from leaflet)
Chapter headings of essays in the exhibition catalogue are listed below.
The catalogue also includes coloured plates of exhibited works, as well as artists' biographies.
Alternative title
Yi ya zhou nv xing de yi shu zhi ming: nv ren jia
Access level
Onsite
Location code
EX.TAI.WHO (Closed Stack)
Language
Chinese - Traditional, 
English
Keyword
group exhibition,  identity,  gender,  Asia
Publication/Creation date
2014
No of pages
208
ISBN / ISSN
9789860415049
No of copies
2
Content type
catalogue, 
directory/guide, 
ephemera
Chapter headings
Whomen—In the Name of Female Artists | 女人—家
The Development of Women's Art in Taiwan and an Examination of Works | 台灣女性藝術發展與創作面貌觀察 - CHANG Chin-Yu, 張金玉
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