In the interest of further delay and procrastination in writing my art theory essay - here I am to tell you that no body cares about the Australian feminist art movement.
One may imagine that having borrowed every book on the movement from the university library would have primarily covered by research requirements for writing a well balanced and relevant piece of work. How very wrong I was.
Not only are these books shallow and liberal positive reinforcement for the down-trodden female artist, they lack very little relevant content for a specific and highly influential time in international history.
Who relies on books these days, you may ask. Do what any other self-respecting and self-sufficient individual would do and enlist Google on your information crusade! I hate to be the bearer of all things bad, but Google has this time forsaken me. Here's a list of specific searches that return 0-1 relevant results :- Specific artists’ names
- Specific art works, the name of the artist and the year produced
- Specific names of historic and contemporary art writers and critics
- Generalized information regarding the women’s art movement
- Generalized information regarding Australian female art
- Generalized information regarding Australian feminism, feminist movement, feminism/feminist art etc etc etc
Have my research skills forsaken me, or can it be that one of the most radical times politically, socially and artistically in this country has failed to grab the attention of anyone with the knowledge/ability/interest/skill to write something about it?
Anyway, my abomination of an essay is due in the morning, so time for me to return to MS Word and/or bang my head against a large Australian feminism book with nothing in it.
GP Out.
