Take a peek at how 143 female artists paint, write, perform, direct, choreograph, design, sculpt, compose... and force the world to make space for them and their achievements!
How do they do it? Check out these 143 answers from female artists.
The women featured in "Their Daily Creations" come from a variety of backgrounds. Most of them grew up in societies that ignored or rejected women's creativity. Many of the characters in the book have children, and they face difficult choices in balancing the needs of their families with their own ambitions. Everyone faces challenges, including editors, publishers, curators, critics, sponsors, and other fashion leaders. Sexism, these people just think that men's works are better...
- I battle pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and I’ve found that the only way to ease my condition is to continue creating art. ——Yayoi Kusama, artist
- I never gave up and kept working on my paintings. They let me take painkillers to work, which gave me energy and made me happy. I paint, joke, and write on my plaster cast and canvas. ──Frida. Carol, painter
- While writing The Benefactor, I went days without eating, sleeping, or changing clothes. By the end, I couldn’t even stop to light a cigarette. ──Susan. Sontag, critic
- I woke up with a shocking but steady ecstasy, like walking through a garden with a pitcher full of clear water and having to pour it all out - because someone was coming. ──Virginia. Woolf, writer
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D2 (Cartoonist)
Wang Liling (fashion designer)
Wu Xinzhi (illustrator)
Chasing the Strange (writer)
Huang Yushan (Film Director, Dean of the School of Communication at Xuanzang University)
Cai Sufen (novelist)
Xue Baoxia (painter)
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About the Author
Mason. Curry was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Currently lives in Los Angeles.