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   [Date]: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:54:55 -0500
   [From]: Christy Sheffield Sanford <christys@gnv.fdt.net>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Re: discussion about sensation

Response to Olu Oguibe's letter

Wow, those long shot images of Ofili's work that I've seen on the web
look so quiet, nothing like what you describe. I'm sorry. That sounds
terrible.

I can see why you're concerned. I'm concerned. 


> painting also tells us something about the artist's view of femininity
> itself, and black femininity in particular.
 
> unfortunately, it seems to me that as the century comes to an end, as the
> gains of the 1960s and 1970s are steadily reversed 

Anti-women stuff is around at experimental ezine sites, the places you'd
expect to see better mentality, places run by people who have a good
education and regularly get asked to festivals.  BUT there is hope. 
There are many women leading the way in creating a new genre on the
web.  

In the 1960s and 1970s I could have named only a few black women visual
artists.  I was quite ignorant then and not as ignorant now.  I think
I'm not alone.  Now I know of so many.  I don't want to be falsely
optimistic but take heart, everything will not be reversed.  But then, I
think you know that because your letter was so deep.

Best wishes, Christy


Web Women: a few
Annie Abrahams, Jennifer Ley, Deena Larsen, Stephanie Strickland, Tina
LaPorta, Cynthia Rubin, Olia Lialina, Helen Whitehead, Marjorie
Luesebrink, geniwate, Diane Caney, mez, Catherine McGovern, jeanNet,
Judy Malloy, Christy Sheffield Sanford and soon a comprehensive listing
by Carolyn Guertin in Alberta, Canada.

Black Women Visual Artists: a few
Camille Billops, Carole Byard, Yvonne Pickering Carter, Barbara
Case-Riboud, Yanla Dozier, Lorna Simpson, Lorraine O'Grady, Adrian
Piper, Faith Ringold, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Carrie Mae Weems, Pat
Ward Williams, Joyce Jane Scott  There is a great book called Gumbo Ya
Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists, put out by
Midmarch Arts Press, 300 Riverside Drive, NY, NY 10025