Bücher von Griselda Pollock

Chapters on the structures of art historical writing are complemented by studies of Elizabeth Siddall, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, which deal with themes of modernity, sexuality and repression.

The definitive introduction to the artist Mary Cassatt, placing her work in the wider context of 19th-century feminism and art theory.

This book explores how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of New York abstract painting. Providing readings of paintings by Krasner and examining images of Pollock and Frankenthaler at work, it builds a bridge between the New York artist-women and their other, Marilyn Monroe. -- .

A selection of essays by Griselda Pollock, engaging areas of contemporary theory, especially sexed subjectivities, post-colonialism and Marxist-informed history. Penny Florence's commentary places Pollock's critique within the context of developments that have taken place since the 1970s.