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’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’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’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 […]
Jessica Perkins’s Untitled appeared on the Summer 2009 issue of Signs (volume 34, number 4), “Reproductive and Genetic Technologies: A Thematic Issue” edited by Kristin Bumiller, Molly Shanley, and Anna Marie Smith. Artist Statement This collage represents layers of media beckoning young women to participate in egg donation. © 2009 by Jessica Perkins. Permission to […]
Kenojuack Ashevak’s Woman with Fish appeared on the Spring 2009 issue of Signs (volume 34, number 3), which featured a comparative perspectives symposium on gender and polar studies. Artist Statement This piece was produced through a process that began with selecting and cutting stained glass to the proper dimensions and then applying the image through […]
Judith K. Brodsky’s Women, Love, and Philosophy III appeared on the Winter 2009 issue of Signs, which featured a comparative perspectives symposium on feminist philosophy. The full version of Women, Love, and Philosophy III is below. Artist Statement This print is about Martin Heidigger and Hannah Arendt, the famous political philosopher. While Heidigger was Arendt’s […]
Yolanda M. López’s York Vote Has Power was featured on the Autumn 2008 issue of Signs (volume 34, number 1), which featured a comparative perspectives symposium on challenges to women’s leadership. Artist Statement This work was printed by the Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Rutgers University during the artist’s residency there. The […]
