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Book Review: Brushed Aside
Charney, Noah. Ingrid Rowland, Foreword. Marina Abramovic, Afterward. Brushed Aside: The Untold Story of Women in Art. Rowman & Littlefield, NY: 2023.
Thank you, Rowan & Littlefield Publishers and Publishers Weekly’s Grab-a-Galley for the ebook galley of Brushed Aside by Noah Charney.
This art history book includes: a list of artworks, beautiful full-color illustrations, a bibliography, notes, and an index. It’s divided into two main parts: Part 1 is about women artists in historical art movements, and Part 2 is about women who were patrons of the arts, art collectors, critics, and scholars instead of artists. I’ve never come across the latter as a major topic in an art book.
Love this! The author says in the Acknowledgments, “Feminism is about respect and equality for women [and, I would add, all marginalized genders and orientations]. Every good person is a feminist. Here’s to all the good people.”
EVERY GOOD PERSON IS A FEMINIST, NEEDLEDICKBUGFUCKERS! I’ve known this for decades, of course. Years ago I realized that the only people I feel inclined to socialize with are feminists who have a high level of empathy. I also appreciate the bell hooks quote in the introduction.
This or a book like it should have been a text book at my alma mater (back in the early 1990s). While majoring in theater…