Experiencing Everyday Life as a Key to the Women Artists’ World. On Values in the Contemporary Art

Abstract

Described is the creativity of women in visual arts following their debut about the year 2000. Women artists representing this Polish feminist art movement are drawing inspiration from their everyday life experienced in their social roles traditionally attributed to women as housewives, wives and mothers. Revolting in face of consequent impediments to building their career, berating hints by some as to maintaining the traditional role of women in society and taking issue with critics derogating the feminist art movement, the artists set out to portray aspects of their vocational life and consequences of being a woman in an artistically paradoxical way. Viewers long used to extended metaphors and hidden symbols are invited by the artists to intuit women’s everyday life experiences, challenge gender stereotypes and reflect on values.