{"id":2127,"date":"2021-06-08T21:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/?post_type=chapter&p=2127"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T11:57:18","slug":"the-history-of-forgetting","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/chapter\/the-history-of-forgetting\/","title":{"rendered":"The HIStory of forgetting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Art history reads like a litany of the same male names, over and over again, while women artists are sidelined as either \u201cexceptional talents\u201d or \u201ctoken females\u201d. For decades, women in art were thus excluded from academic discourse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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\u201cThere were many women artists who were much more prominent in their own time, but after they were gone art history came and shovelled dirt over their graves.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Although many women artists featured in exhibitions and enjoyed success during their lifetime, they were systematically written out of art history after their death. Until well into the 20th century, art history was the preserve of men, and while they did not deny the existence of women artists, they did for a long time use art produced by women to \u201cprove\u201d the superiority of male artists and consolidate that idea in the public psyche.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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