Girlhood

• Verfasst von: Healy, Claire Marie [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Girlhood
• Verf.angabe: Claire Marie Healy
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Tate
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 48 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 17,8 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Look again
• ISBN: 978-1-84976-863-4
• Schlagwörter: (s)Malerei / (s)Fotografie / (s)Mädchen / (z)Geschichte
• Schlagwörter: (s)Mädchen <Motiv> / (s)Kunst / (z)Geschichte 1700-2020
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: LH 70470
• K10plus-PPN: 1898757909

Abstract

Hanging on the walls of galleries around the world are hundreds of works titled Portrait of A Girl. But what is the purpose of a Portrait of A Girl? What should she do and who is she for? These are the questions that writer Claire Marie Healy explores in Girlhood, Part of our Tate Britain: Look Again series of books exploring the National Collection of British Art. Experiences of girlhood are shaped by art and visual culture as much as they are shown in them. Claire Marie Healy explores this relationship, guiding us through the making and meaning of girlhood in Britain's national collection of art. She traces the journey of 'the girl' in art, from a silent subject of portraiture to an expressive creator of self-portraiture. By studying the images that are made, collected, and shared by teenage girls today, Look Again: Girlhood invites us to re-address patriarchal art historical narratives and explore diverse contemporary expressions of girlhood — both in the gallery space, and on our screens. Look Again is a series of short books, opening up the conversation about British Art over the last 500 years, and exploring what art has to tell us about our lives today. Each book is written by leading voices from the worlds of literature, politics and culture