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Written by a former director and student who was involved in the Women's Building in Los Angeles and the Lesbian Art Project there from the 1970s until it closed in 1991, this memoir will appeal especially to lesbians and those interested in the roots of the women's art movement. Not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.co
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I LOVED this book!
20 May 2003
Format:Paperback
Terry Wolverton's Insurgent Muse is one of the most powerful, moving memoirs I have ever read. Once I started reading, I literally could not put the book down and stayed up way past my bedtime to finish it. Wolverton writes with insight, courage and humor about her own coming of age as an artist, her coming out as a lesbian, and her experiences with the Los Angeles Woman's Building, not only as an institution but as a vision of a creative, collaborative community of women. Anybody who is interested in the connections between art and politics, especially how artists get politicized and how political art gets made, should read this book. Though there's no happy ending to this story - in that the Woman's Building is no more - I found Insurgent Muse incredibly inspiring and an important reminder that art DOES matter and that sisterhood - however chimerical it sometimes seems - can indeed be powerful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book!
11 May 2003
Format:Paperback
This book is really two books in one. A facinating look at a pivitol moment in time for women in the arts woven together with the story of the author's own growth and evolution as an artist and a person. A must read for anyone who is interested in modern feminist history.
Excellent book with interesting history of the Women's Building in Los Angeles.
27 May 2012
Format:Paperback
I love this book. What wonderful stories are within these pages! The history of the Women's Building in Los Angeles is wonderful too! Women came across the country just to be there, including Wolverton. She really does include a lot about her personal life at the time and it is all so interesting. The Building was such a wonderful and alive place that is still thought about and studied today. I remember going there myself and every single time, something very significant happened there. It was nothing short of
magical and so is this book!
magical and so is this book!
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