Eschewing the Male Gaze
Joseph Bobowicz, Hero
September 2018

As a body-centric feminist artist, NYC-born Hannah Wilke (1940-1993) was one of the most controversial artists of her time. Considered the first feminist artist to use vaginal imagery in her work, Wilke marked a pivotal period in the art world by confronting ideas of gender, sexuality and feminism head on. […]