Writing
The Visual is Political: Gender, Art, and Power
Work in progress
This forthcoming edited collection explores the myriad ways that artists addressed politics both within the art world and without, with attention to issues of gender, identity, and expression in the visual arts.
Feu à Volonté!
Niki de Saint Phalle
and the Origins of
Contemporary Art
Work in Progress
In the first comprehensive study of Niki de Saint Phalle’s tirs, Dr. Rachel S. Fesperman uncovers the unique dynamics of the global 1960s. The power of the performative, transnational networks, and art criticism all contributed to the success of Saint Phalle’s raucous shootings of the early 1960s and, thus, played a role in the development of contemporary art.