A Cyclopean, evil eye: on performance, gender and photography / Fischer, Barbara

Fischer, Barbara, «A Cyclopean, evil eye: on performance, gender and photography». Canadian Theatre Review, ,  86, (1996), pp. 9-14

Abstract
This article explores the intersection of performance art, photography, and gender, questioning how performance resists or engages with photography’s objectifying gaze. Fischer examines how feminist performance artists of the 1970s, such as Carolee Schneeman and Judy Chicago, used their bodies to challenge traditional representations of women, shifting from passive subjects to active, self-determined presences. Simultaneously, male artists like Michael Snow and Vito Acconci grappled with a crisis of authorial presence, exposing masculinity to objectification. Fischer argues that photography, as a social technology, influenced performance art’s contestation of identity, subjectivity, and power in visual representation.

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ISSN: 03150836
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URL: https://search.proquest.com/docview/212006140/abstract/19F8FC37A97144E4PQ/42
Language: EN
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