Mary Beth Edelson, an American artist, established the feminist art movement. Also, she was active in the civil rights movement. She was a member of a group formed to increase the presence of women's painting and sculpture in museums. Her art consists of bronze sculptures, collages, paintings, and sketches. Lucy Lippard describes Edelson's artmaking: "Mary Beth Edelson’s work arises from Feminism’s double strength. Like the great Goddess to whom she has dedicated her art, she has (at least) two aspects; political rage and life-giving affirmation. The two merge in an individual identification with the collective ego."
Mary Beth used an image of Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural “The Last Supper” to which she replaced the heads of the men with the heads of notable female artists. She also replaced the Christ with a photo of Georgia O'Keeffe. The image addressed the subordination of women found in religion and art history. So it became an iconic image that reinforced the feminist art movement.
http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2017/03/mary-beth-edelson-at-david-lewis/
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