Artist Statement The Source (2009). Acrylic and glitter on gessoed panel, 48 × 54 in. Photo by Adam Reich. © Negar Ahkami. Courtesy of Jasanna and John Britton and the artist. Artist Statement: My paintings draw inspiration from Iran’s patterned-art traditions and elaborate blue-tiled mosques. I apply multiple layers of congealed gesso and acrylic mediums, and […]
Artist Statement Rebellious Silence (1994). B&W RC print & ink, photo by Cynthia Preston. Copyright Shirin Neshat. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Artist Statement: In 1993-97, I produced my first body of work, a series of stark black-and-white photographs entitled Women of Allah, conceptual narratives on the subject of female warriors during the Iranian […]
Artist Statement Reza Farkhondeh and Ghada Amer, Apples and Petunias (2011). Watercolor and embroidery on paper, 51.5 x 82.5 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York. Artist Statement: GHADA: The first question is, how can one “write” painting in the feminine? Then there is the question of beauty: how to convey an emotion and a feeling of […]
Artist Statement Laila Shawa, Night and the City (2008). Acrylic on canvas, 39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in. Photo by Joanna Vestey. Courtesy of the artist. Artist Statement: Growing up in the Middle East, where many diverse cultures live in close proximity, I learned to speak several different languages. Speaking different languages helps one understand how complex problems […]
Artist Statement Fatimah Tuggar, Robo Makes Dinner (2000). Computer montage (inkjet on vinyl), 108 × 45 in. Courtesy of BintaZarah Studios, New York. Artist Statement: Borrowing from the realms of advertising, popular entertainment, folklore, and the experiential, I use technology as medium, subject, and metaphor. My goal is to explore the diverse effects of power […]
Artist Statement Stills from Wa Waila (Oh Torment), 2008 Short film 10:04 minutes Courtesy of the artist The Tragedy of Self (series 3), 2009 Photographs with paint and gold leaf on canvas 47 ½ x 51 1/8 in. (120 x 130 cm); each 15 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (40 x 35 cm) Courtesy of […]
Below is the table of contents for Signs‘s forthcoming Winter 2013 issue. Articles “Without These Women, the Tribunal Cannot Do Anything”: The Politics of Witness Testimony on Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Jonneke Koomen Microfinance and the Gender of Risk: The Case of Kiva.org Megan Moodie The Trouble with “Queerness”: Drag […]
We are thrilled to announce that the latest issue of Films for the Feminist Classroom is now available at http://www.signs.rutgers.edu/ffc_home.html. In this issue’s special feature, edited and introduced by Agatha Beins, scholars and activists discuss their pedagogical approaches for using films in the 21st-century classroom. Focused on engaging and unconventional methods that resonate with students, […]
Signs’s Autumn 2012 issue begins with a symposium on Romani Feminisms, edited by Ethel C. Brooks. Bringing together scholars and activists, the symposium examines the complex ways that Romani women and feminists are positioned in relation to states, communities, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as their multivalent responses to such positionings. In response to the […]
The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the award of the 2013 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship to Anna Hájková, a PhD candidate in History at the University of Toronto. Named in honor of the Founding Editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is […]
