A Short History of Women Artists
An interview with art historian Susie Hodge
On Disobedient Femmes, I talked with artist, art historian and author Susie Hodge about her many books about art history including The Short Story of Women Artists and her most recent publication: Artquake: The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art.
In this interview Ms. Hodge discusses:
The different purpose of art
What makes a work of art disruptive
Examples of disruptive art in the past and at present
How she makes art accessible to different audiences
How she discovers new stories about famous and little known artists
Here are a few highlights from the interview:
“Most artists are looking at their particular world at a current time, and doing something that’s slightly provocative. It’s their job to think of something and turn it on its head”
“There’s nothing to say that art has to be beautiful. The Greeks thought that, but, as Andy Warhol said, art is anything the artist wants it to be”
“Fine art is about pondering. It’s about looking at it, walking around it, coming up close, stepping back, walking away and thinking about it over a day or so”
“The more you look, the more you see. I love those artists who you look in deeper and always find something more.”
“We’ve got a lot more women in the art world than we had before and a lot of women aren’t afraid.”
Listen here for the full interview:
