Shibboleth: lethal cracks
By Sonia Corrêa Searching for works of art that would reflect the dystopian state of world affairs in January 2017, I recalled walking over the
Emergence, an Artistic Journal of Women and Gender non-conforming Africans
Women have a lot of interesting stories. So many cool, sad, sexy, funny and strange stories. Stories that inspire and stories that make you shake
Katia Sepúlveda: domestic devices
The 32th São Paulo Bienal, which ends in December, features works by 81 artists from 33 countries among which 46 are women. This strong presence
New Orleans prostitutes: 1912
Portrait photography is a work of collaboration. These women are posing as they want to be seen—wearing furs or prized clothes, smiling with a pet dog, lying like one of Henri Matisse’s odalisques, or playing cards. The images are considered and composed. Other than that, we know very little about E. J. Bellocq and the women he photographed.
Space to abort: by Mujeres Creando
Mujeres Creando is a Bolivian feminist collective devoted to political street art interventions. They do not define themselves as artists but as political activists. Their
Proudly trans in Turkey: a Gabrielle Le Roux Project
Feminist and queer art was part of the 13th International AWID Forum in Costa do Sauípe, Bahia Sep 8th-11th , 2016). Gabrielle Le Roux was
Desacralizing: Paula Rego’s Abortion Pastels
by Sonia Corrêa When, in 1998, the proposal to legalize abortion in Portugal was defeated in a first referendum, the acclaimed painter Paula Rego produced
Barbara Wagner: bodies as they are
During August, 2016, as the Olympic Games evolved, Brazilian and world screens were flooded with young, beautiful, enhanced, fit, ‘efficient’ bodies that happily competed and
Body Against Concept
by Maria Eugenia Matricardi Translation: Matheus Opa, reviewed by Sonia Corrêa A white butterfly flies over the humid foam that floats next to the waterfall.
19th Century Women of Colour
Most photographs and paintings of women of color in the 19th century US — as well as in other slave economies of the period –