Faith Wilding's Fearful Symmetries - Softcover

Shannon R. Stratton is an artist, curator, and writer. She cofounded the artist-run organization Threewalls, Chicago, and is currently the William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.

"Rarely do we have the privilege to enter the world of experiences, feelings, relations that inspire art works, ?to ?see the images emerge from the words, ?to hear different voices reflecting on this process. Faith Wilding’s Fearful Symmetries is an exception. But what is most commendable about this book is the sheer beauty of Wilding’s descriptions of the enchanted world in which she grew up?, the magical quality of the paintings included in the book and, equally important, Wilding’s reflections on her striving to create generative, organic life forms beyond the world of the feminine. This is a powerful book to be read, shared and treasured." (Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch)

"Fearful Symmetries is an essential and long-overdue contribution to the history of feminist art that comprehensively examines the work of one of the movement's most important figures. This book does justice, finally, to Faith Wilding’s wide-ranging, poetic, and politically-infused work with an intellectual approach and aesthetic sensibility that matches the richness of the artist’s work."
  (Elissa Auther, Windgate Research & Collections Curator, Museum of Arts and Design and the Bard Graduate Center)