Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance

This article explores the work of French-American artist Rachel Rosenthal (1926-2015), who moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s to flee Nazism. She was a historical figure in performance art, which she helped to create, in connection with her training in classical dance, theater, music and visual arts....

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Main Author: Mylène Ferrand
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Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2022-04-01
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description This article explores the work of French-American artist Rachel Rosenthal (1926-2015), who moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s to flee Nazism. She was a historical figure in performance art, which she helped to create, in connection with her training in classical dance, theater, music and visual arts. She was close to the West Coast feminist movement, largely inspired by the ecofeminist writings of Mary Daly, Susan Griffin and many others. Among her favourite themes since 1981 were social justice, cosmology, and ecology, which she approached in a spiritual way, invoking The Goddess and culture before patriarchy, a personification of the Earth and its inhabitants. Animals are also central in her work. She even collaborated with some of them, such as a rat named Tatti Wattles, to whom she dedicated a book, a true homage to her beloved totem animal. A visionary, Rosenthal is emblematic of a transformation in progress.
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Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
Itinéraires
Rachel Rosenthal
Ecofeminist Arts
Performance
Contemporary Art
Matriarchy
Goddess·es
title Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
title_full Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
title_fullStr Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
title_full_unstemmed Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
title_short Rachel Rosenthal, une artiste écoféministe de la performance
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topic Rachel Rosenthal
Ecofeminist Arts
Performance
Contemporary Art
Matriarchy
Goddess·es
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