Conclusion:

Feminism was an interesting movement to begin with. To watch an entire gender of a species slowly rise as a single uniform voice through out the centuries through art was a very interesting thing and creating an exhibition where you have to find ten different artists. The most fascinating thing about picking ten artists is you start to realize there is a story behind each and every person, with each person there is an even smaller story about each and every painting they create. What came challenging was making sure to pick paintings that can connect each theme from various different painting, because each artist can vary and go off their normal topic of discussion. The job of a curator is extremely interesting, just in the fact you would be able to hear so many different stories and see so many different sides of a certain topic. The way that these artists connect through their gender is extremely intriguing.Each artist as a female is united just by the fact that they are the same gender, but each artist expresses their views on femininity in vastly different ways. A kaleidoscopic of different views on their own identities and what their role as women are. 

Feminist Fever

Los Angeles, California

Julius Osorio - Curator

An exploration into the inner woman. Pieces that represent womanhood and the female psyche through art and its many different mediums.  

Ryoko Suzuki

Bind, 2001

Ryoko Suzuki was born in Japan and since then has established herself in America. She uses photography as her medium and says the following about her paining Bind:

"In the series, I bound myself with pigskins, which have been soaked in blood as a symbol of womanhood, as a symbol of the given world. I was thinking and feeling of my life, in which I had transformed from a child who just took what adults provided to a woman who leaded her own life, while I wrapped up my eyes, nose, mouth, and ears with the pigskin. The series is a record of consideration with the action"

Susan Grabel 

Venus in Proliferation. 2006.

Susan Grabel emphasizes the use of figurative sculpture and exhibiting for over 35 years. Her work on the human dimensions of social and political issues like consumerism, homelessness, alienation and aging women’s’ bodies is in the humanistic tradition of Kathe Kollwitz. 

Jennifer Linton

St. Ursula and the Gorgon's Head I 1999

 Linton’s art address gender-related issues and represent the experiences of women.  Linton’s work reflects her personal experiences filtered through the lens of  mythology and popular culture. She states:
"St. Ursula, the patron saint of schoolgirls, and transformed her into a guardian angel/sword-wielding avenger for the purposes of exploring themes of abuse, female sexuality and the concept of virginity."

Candice Raquel Lee

Athena: Birth Of Wisdom (16h x 14w x 14 D with black granite base- 2006

"I relish the challenge of intricate double figures precisely because physical contact expresses bodily communication even more vividly through multiple points of complex and subtle movement. Adam doesn't just stand beside Eve, her muscles push against his, resisting; limbs entwine in a geometry of motion. True interaction is visible, exposing narrative relations." - Candice Raquel Lee

Her sculptures are intricate detailed pieces that emphasize the woman body in a fantasy form expressing intense emotion through touch and movement within her pieces

Caroline Folkenroth

Vulnerability 2001

"Her work is more fantastical and has a fantasy/folk art style, as she often uses themes of fantasy in her work. Her more recent works during the 2004-2005 period have become drastically more sombre and gothic." Her art is whimsical in nature. depicting portraits of femals and their inner emotions giving quiet women a voice through her choice of color posture and posture. 

Lilith Adler

Worhship Acrylic on paper, 22.5" x 29" 1996

"Adler's works focus on themes of religion, racism, sexism and patriarchy. Her works are blunt and use text to get her intended message across. Her words are an important aspect of her paintings because she is also an excellent writer" - Lilith Gallery 
She left behind a collection of her more famous art pieces , and with them she left behind writings/musings on individual pieces and topics. In life she was a staunch supporter of people thinking for themselves , lesbian/gay marriages, feminism and women's rights.
Her works a prime mixture of pop culture and represent the fight of a statement of what and how woman are represented in culture. Her art is very blunt and depict the sexism in today's society as she makes bold statements and as a voice for sexism deserves a spot in this gallery. 

Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith Slaying Holofernes 1612-13 Oil on Canvas 57 x 77

Artemisia Gentileschi was on on July 8th 1593 to a oaubter by the name Orazio. From a young age she learned to paint and was exposed to the works of several artists such as Caravaggio, who was one of her biggest inspirations, especially with his use of "chiaroscuro". Her paintings gave new light to biblical women depicting them with a new ferociousness. Her historical relevancy represents the very beginnings of feminism. The bold women she depicts in her paintings have survived a lifetime and deserve a part in this exhibition. 

Joyce Wieland

She will remain in the phenomenal world filled with ignorance with her sheep, and not go with him - 1983. 
Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 38.2 cm. Collection of the Artist.

The Artist on Fire - 1983. 
Oil & canvas, 106.7 x 129.5 cm. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.

     Joyce Wieland is a canadian artist who is known as one of the best artists of the 20th century. She was an extremely patriotic artist who expressed her love for the country in many of her paintings and loved to make art about sex and romance. She mostly used oil on canvas paintings but later in her career experimented with short films and other materials.  Furthermore, her open embracing of women sexuality as part of their identity breaks many social stigmas in regards to what is to be talked about by women and is why she was chosen for this exhibit. 

                                

Ruby Osorio 

Detained En Route, 2007

    gouache, acrylic ink

       48 x 84 in

Ruby Osorio is an Artist born in 1974 who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Her gouache paintings incorporate thread and ink. Her paintings depict fantasy landscapes that portray an adventure into the female identity. In such paintings she creates worlds and fantasy lands where it is safe for girls to "indulge fantasy, explore sexuality and truly awake without shame or hesitation, but hopefully with joy". Her work depicts a fantasy land for women, a look into the female identity that is vastly personal but at the same time universal and relates to the entire gender of women. 

The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, and Senor Xolotl

1949

Oil on canvas

27 1/2 x 23 7/8 in

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th 1907 and died July 13th 1954. Born in Coyoacan Mexico, she is a female painter who is best known for her self portraits and symbolic paintings that embrace her Mexican culture. 
Her art depicts an inner look on herself as a hispanic woman and is a prime example of feminism. The feminine identity she shares with the world is extremely open and heartfelt and is the prime reason she was chosen for this exhibit.