Postmodern Feminist Identity Through Artworks By Selected Malaysian Female Artists (2000-2015)
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Date
2018-06
Authors
Ling, Clara Boon Ing
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The image of a woman throughout the course of history has always been
secluded from the artistic masculine society in art. The urban perspective and
postmodern thinking forms a central tension and conflict within new paintings and
performances by twenty-first century women artists. The present research will seek
to analyse selected artworks and performances of Malaysian female artists between
years 2000 to 2015 in the light of postmodern feminism. Undeniably, postmodernism
thoroughly reminds locals of the power of the Malaysian culture, which diversifies
the identity of women today. This collection of artworks and performances capture
the idea that not only the contemporary lifestyle and way of thought can be elements
that place limitations on one’s perception of identity from a postmodern feminist
perspective, but also other surrounding factors, in which this thesis will discuss
further. Each subject’s conflict lies within her own ability or disability to balance
between rationalization of truth and reality, as well as the conflict within the self, in
relation to postmodernist interests. Focusing on the issues of identity and postmodern
feminism, this thesis argues that the artworks and performances of the selected
women artists reflects the grapple between conforming to the traditional culture with
the new generational thought of the postmodern feminist way of life, thinking and
culture in urban Malaysia which eventually leads to a whole new idea of the identity
as a woman.
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Postmodern feminist identity through artworks , selected Malaysian female artists