Jessica L. Porter, owner, director and curator of the Porter Contemporary gallery explores whether being a feminist in the artworld is in fashion and what it means when we identify artwork as Feminist. The feminist art movement starting in the 1960s refers to the efforts of feminists such as the Guerrilla Girls that have helped change the foundation for the reception of contemporary art created by women.
In Women of Power Katarzyna Majak explores the power of women in several guises, through alternative approaches to wisdom and spirituality. Her subjects are witches, healers, enchanters, visionaries and spiritual leaders - those who have been discriminated against in Catholic society throughout history. In a country like Poland where 90% of the population is Catholic, this alternative perspective is nonethless striking. Majak brings these women into the public eye and for many this was the first time they were able to own up to this sense of power in a broader context.
Participating female artists: Jennie Barrese, Jessica Charlotte, Jee Hwang, Sarah Kaufman, Lori Larusso, Katarzyna Majak, Jennifer Murray, Carolina Rodriguez Baptista, and Catherine Tafur.
Katarzyna Majak received her B.F.A. in Photography at the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts (now a PhD candidate). In 2002 she was an artist-in-residence at the Florida - First Contact project at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. Majak continued her studies in the US when she was awarded a scholarship by Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado in 2003. She is a member of editorial board and a regular contributor to Fotografia quarterly and had been a photography lecturer since 2003. In 2010 Majak was selected for Photographers' Network:2010, in Siegen, Germany. She has exhibited and curated throughout the U.S. and Poland where she is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. Majak currently resides in Warsaw.
The Affordable Art Fair, created by Will Ramsay, is where contemporary art is accessible to all. The fair has 10 locations around the world, with the upcoming L.A. fair being the 11th. The fair will take place in Amsterdam (spring and fall), Bristol, Brussels, London (spring and fall), Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York (spring and fall), North London, Singapore, and Sydney, over $270 million worth of art has been sold at the fairs.
Art x Women opens on the 18th of January at 17:00 and runs through to the 22nd of January in Los Angeles.
Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles,
Special section Art x Women
Event Deck at L.A. LIVE
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Source: portercontemporary.com