Girl on Girl: The Age of the Female Gaze

Girl on Girl: The Age of the Female Gaze

by Charlotte Jansen (Author)

Synopsis

A new generation of female artists is emerging who have grown up in a culture saturated with social media and selfies. This book looks at how young women are using photography and the internet to explore issues of self-image and female identity, and the impact this is having on contemporary art. Forty artists are featured, all of whose principal subject matter is either themselves or other women. Each is accompanied by a short profile based on personal interviews with the author, giving a fascinating insight into this exciting shift in female creativity.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Publisher: Laurence King
Published: 03 Apr 2017

ISBN 10: 1780679556
ISBN 13: 9781780679556

Media Reviews
A startling and stunning book that offers a rich, varied alternative to the idea of the selfie as the contemporary feminist art form. -ELLE As Girl on Girl makes clear, the female gaze offers a powerful lens through which to view, and better understand, the world. -Artsy Jansen has curated a compelling group of photographers, asked difficult questions, and produced a beautifully illustrated book . . . [Girl on Girl] manages to be of interest to photographers and historians of photography while staying accessible to readers who are interested in learning about contemporary photography. It's definitely worth a read. -Jezebel Striking in its breadth. -The Huffington Post What Jansen's book smartly makes clear is that there is no singular female gaze. -ArtSlant Women like those in Jansen's book are challenging female representation in visual culture, and perhaps with their ideas in mind, we can begin to challenge the current standards of female visual representation ourselves -Creator's Project at VICE
Author Bio
Charlotte Jansen is the website editor of ArtSlant, and an editor-at-large for Elephant magazine.