Feminist Substances - Plastics in Art of the 1960s and 1970s

Feminist substances considers why and how women artists engaged with plastics as artistic materials in the 1960s and 1970s. Discussing the works of Carla Accardi, Lea Lublin and Alina Szapocznikow, the book explores the feminist potential of these controversial materials, addressing questions of social reproduction, motherhood, desire and illness. -- .