VAT. Guillem de Castro, 118
In the late sixties and early seventies the art world began to open its eyes to the unfair treatment that women had received in a market hegemonic dominated by men. Key was the publication on 1971 from art historian Linda Nochlin’s famous essay Why haven't there been great female artists? well, this 2018 The IVAM – a museum involved in subverting the historical mistreatment women have suffered in the world of art – has completed the exhibition At odds. Half a century of Valencian artists (1929-1980) to claim the role of Valencian artists or residents of Valencia in the last fifty years. Works that denounce inequality, discrimination and lack of freedoms. The tour begins with illustrations of Manuela Ballester, participant of the artistic avant-gardes between the wars, who fight against the stereotype of women as mothers and wives. From her we find a long list of artists who broke corsets with machetes: Angela García Codoñer combining comic strips and embroidery patterns, Carmen Calvo making art with such a humble material as baked clay, Angels Frame turning the sculpture into a geometric game, i Soledad Seville with assemblies on methacrylate. S.M.
