Paula Rego’s The Policeman’s Daughter appeared on the Winter 2012 issue of Signs (volume 37, number 2), the “Unfinished Revolutions” special issue edited by Phillip Rothwell. Biographical Statement Born in Lisbon in 1935, Paula Rego studied at the Slade School of Art in the 1950s. In 1976, she moved permanently to England, where she eventually […]
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Special Issue: Unfinished Revolutions (Winter 2012; vol. 37, no. 2)
Signs’s Winter 2012 issue is a special issue featuring feminist explorations of the intricacies of unfinished revolutions. In his introduction to the issue, guest editor Phillip Rothwell claims that “when assessing any revolution—whether it explicitly seeks political, aesthetic, or epistemological transformation—feminist experience teaches us that it is often best to analyze by looking for the […]
Judith F. Baca, Uprising of the Mujeres (1979)
Judith F. Baca’s Uprising of the Mujeres appeared on the Autumn 2011 issue of Signs (volume 37, number 1), which featured a comparative perspectives symposium titled “Gloria E. Anzaldúa, An International Perspective,” edited by Norma E. Cantú. Artist Statement I want to produce artwork that has meaning beyond simple decorative values. I hope to […]
Autumn 2011 (vol 37, no. 1)
The Autumn 2011 issue features a comparative perspectives symposium titled “Gloria E. Anzaldúa, An International Perspective,” edited by Norma Cantú. The symposium brings together voices impacted by Anzaldúa’s work on borders and border crossing from around the globe with articles on the Mediterranean, Poland, Ukraine, the Canary Islands, Mexico, and other geographical and contextual locations. […]
Carmen McLeod, No Place (2007)
Carmen McLeod’s No Place was featured on the Summer 2011 issue of Signs, which featured a comparative perspectives symposium titled “Love Exiles.” Artist Statement I work responsively, reacting to an experience, object, or memory and build upon each moment in a given work until a stage of completion is reached. No Place was in response […]
Laura Splan, Gloves (2009)
Laura Splan’s Gloves was featured on the Winter 2011 issue of Signs (volume 36, number 2), which featured a comparative perspectives symposium on gender and medical tourism edited by Andrew Mazzaschi and Emily A. MacDonald. Artist Statement Gloves is a pair of ladies gloves cast from the artist’s hands. The vivid detail and the implied […]
Prem Chowdhry, Scarlet Woman (2008)
Prem Chowdhry’s Scarlet Woman appeared on the cover of the Autumn 2010 issue of Signs (volume 36, number 1), the “Feminists Theorize International Political Economy” special issue edited by Shirin M. Rai and Kate Bedford. Artist Statement A multitextural work, this painting poses a dilemma: is it the same woman or two different women shown […]
Nell Painter, Dedication (2009)
Nell Painter’s Dedication appeared on the cover of the Summer 2010 issue of Signs (volume 35, number 4), which featured a symposium titled “Black Women’s Studies and the Transformation of the Academy.” Artist Statement Dedication consists of ten consecutive panels commemorating the dedication of Alison Saar’s monument to Harriet Tubman in Harlem. One reappears in paintings […]
Bongi Kasiki, After the Rain (2009)
Bongi Kasiki’s After the Rain appeared on the Spring 2010 issue of Signs (volume 35, number 3), which featured a comparative perspectives symposium on indigenous feminisms. Artist Statement This work of art symbolizes the time after the first rains when summer begins–hence the bright colors, trees growing next to the river, game grazing on green […]
Leslie Lawrence, photograph (2009)
Leslie Lawrence’s photograph appeared on the cover of the Winter 2010 issue of Signs (volume 35, number 2), the “Women in Agriculture” special issue edited by Carolyn Sachs and Margaret Alston. Artist Statement In the winter of 2008–9, I traveled with my son, sister, and nephew to India. Driving from Agra to Jaipur we passed […]