| Suzanne Lacy is a feminist performance artist whose personal response to women's issues of aging and violence towards women tempered by her training in psychology and feminist theory moves her to activism as evidenced through analyses of three early works; Ablutions, Three Days in May, and In Mourning and in Rage. Lacy rejects Sigmund Freud's theories, three of which are summarized in detail: Love-Choice, Object Choice with the Virgin/Whore dichotomy, and Impotence and the Virgin Taboo/Blood.; The relevance of feminist and artistic psychology to the practice of art history criticism; feminist art; gender issues; audience reception; collaboration---a hallmark of Lacy's work; and body art is detailed.; Pertinent observations from artists, art critics/historians, feminist writers, educators, and psychologists, including Judy Chicago, Edward Lucie-Smith, Joanna Freuh, and Amelia Jones, are included with my critique of their work, as well as extensive biographical material on Suzanne Lacy. |
