arts
SHORTS
Redefi ning Her-Story
It’s said that history is a fragile thing, clinging to the most obvious evidence
of the past. The fi lm !Women Art Revolution (W.A.R.), directed by Lynn Hershman
Lesson, is the evidence that history and an often male-dominated art world has
been waiting for.
A virtual crash course in feminist art, W.A.R. guides the viewer through
the feminist art movement’s struggles and successes. Highlighting the work
of artists such as Howardena Pindell, Adriane Piper and many more, W.A.R.
juxtaposes fi lm clips of the feminist art movement’s protests, confrontations
and performances with candid interviews of art world heavyweights like Judy
Chicago.
W.A.R. is a didactic piece of fi lm, educating while it entertains. The movie’s
portrayal of Chicago’s most well-known and controversial piece The Dinner
Party, as it was berated by U.S. congressmen, is perhaps one of the most intense
displays of art vs. politics out today. Interviews with feminist art activists the
Guerrilla Girls and a soundtrack of original music by Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-
Kinney) make W.A.R. an 83-minute crescendo of trans-generational hauntings
and happenings.
Most importantly, W.A.R. poses questions that the ‘70s feminist art
movement offered to the world years ago, without presenting a diatribe of
answers. Instead, W.A.R. catalogs, celebrates and punctuates the legacy of
feminist art — a legacy that has been hushed and misrepresented throughout
the course of history.
!Women Art Revolution plays 7 pm Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art; FREE. — Dante Zuñiga-West
Slimy Salon and Piano Songs
First Friday ArtWalk will be in full swing with gastropod royalty and host Holly
GoSlugly. The new SLUG Queen is particularly excited about the “SLUG Queen Art
Salon” that will be on display at the Eugene Storefront Art Project.
“It’s going to be great,” GoSlugly says. “Artwork made by and inspired by
SLUG Queens of the past will be up for everyone to see.”
But it’s not just the artistic contributions of Queen Marie Slugtoinette, Queen
Scarlet O’Slimera and more that will make this art show so exceptional and so
Eugene. In addition, the costumes of former SLUG Queens such as Queen Inspira
Gastropodium, Queen Accordionna and Queen Slugasana will be exhibited.
“I always love what you can discover walking from location to location at
ArtWalk. I’m really thrilled to host,” says GoSlugly.
Another event not to be missed on your walk is at the newly founded Eugene
Piano Academy, where audiences will be treated to live piano performances
by Julia Lin, Svetlana Kotova and Gabriel Coelho, whose music will be
complemented by the acrylics of artist Amy Hartsfi eld.
First Friday ArtWalk starts 5:30 pm Friday, Oct. 7, at NEST and concludes at
The Woodpecker’s Muse; ArtWalk is always FREE. — Dante Zuñiga-West
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