Taking aim at the mostly male bastion of art theory and criticism; Mira Schor brings a maverick perspective and provocative voice to the issues of contemporary painting; gender representation; and feminist art. Writing from her dual perspective of a practicing painter and art critic; Schorrsquo;s writing has been widely read over the past fifteen years in Artforum; Art Journal; Heresies; and M/E/A/N/I/N/G; a journal she coedited. Collected here; these essays challenge established hierarchies of the art world of the 1980s and 1990s and document the intellectual and artistic development that have marked Schorrsquo;s own progress as a critic.Bridging the gap between art practice; artwork; and critical theory; Wet includes some of Schorrsquo;s most influential essays that have made a significant contribution to debates over essentialism. Articles range from discussions of contemporary women artists Ida Applebroog; Mary Kelly; and the Guerrilla Girls; to "Figure/Ground;" an examination of utopian modernismrsquo;s fear of the "goo" of painting and femininity. From the provocative "Representations of the Penis;" which suggests novel readings of familiar images of masculinity and introduces new ones; to "Appropriated Sexuality;" a trenchant analysis of David Sallersquo;s depiction of women; Wet is a fascinating and informative collection.Complemented by over twenty illustrations; the essays in Wet reveal Schorrsquo;s remarkable ability to see and to make others see art in a radically new light.
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