Misogynie

Misogyny can be understood "as the 'executive organ' of a patriarchal order, which has the general function of controlling and enforcing its dominant ideology" - according to Kate Manne, moral philosopher and one of the contributors to the current issue of TEXTE ZUR KUNST. Thus, misogyny is not rooted in the ideas of individuals, but emanates from a male world that fundamentally constitutes social relations. While it is largely undisputed that the art world has historically been such a male world, it is often assumed today that the feminisms of recent decades have had an effect and that at least those areas of contemporary art that position themselves as left-wing and progressive no longer correspond to this image. Nevertheless, female and non-binary artists continue to be underrepresented in exhibitions and collections and are less successful on the art market than their male counterparts. In addition to this material inequality, overt discrimination and misogynistic statements, misogynistic ways of thinking often manifest themselves more subtly in the art field.

While the TEXTE ZUR KUNST issue"Misogyny" focuses on fundamental socio-political and technological conditions that favor the current anti-feminist backlash, the symposium at n.b.k. focuses on the questions of how the current feminist backlash manifests itself in the field of art, how it relates to earlier misogynist tendencies and tropes, and what artistic, art historical and curatorial strategies can be used to counter it. Projections onto and expectations of the female body serve as a basis for analyzing the material and media conditions of feminist critique.

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