THE ANTI-AESTHETIC AT FORTY
Hal Foster on The Anti-Aesthetic
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Leslie Camhi on the critic and translator Lauren Elkin’s “Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art,” about the overlapping terrains of art, feminism, and society.
Lauren Elkin draws on female ‘art monsters’ who have broken taboos around society’s expectations of womanhood, to reveal the complexities of living in a world where women are expected to appear pure and unsullied
After retiring the Lingua Ignota moniker, the transgressive diva takes a scholarly deep dive into the ecstatic and strangely melodious world of traditional Christian hymns and original devotionals.
The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara Walker.