WOMEN beyond borders: The Art of Building Community
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WOMEN beyond borders: The Art of Building Community, a ten year retrospective exhibition unites the voices of hundreds of women from around the world with vision, wit and wisdom. October 1 – December 15, 2002 experience the transformation of simple wooden boxes into remarkable works of art. Over 180 boxes, photos, posters and announcements from around the world fill the galleries.
Exhibition Statement
Guest Curator Anette Kubitza, Ph.D.
WOMEN beyond borders: The Art of Building Community, organized by the University Art Museum, UCSB, and the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History will explore the nearly ten year history and impact of Women beyond borders and its contribution to contemporary art, as it has challenged geographical, political, religious, ethnic, and aesthetic boundaries. This retrospective on Women beyond borders will go beyond the presentation of boxes created by women around the world to examine the project as it has continually evolved to respond to individual, community, and international interests.
The significance of WOMEN beyond borders goes beyond individual artworks. While the form and content of this project take up many of the criticisms the women’s movement has leveled at established art practice since the early 1970s, WOMEN beyond borders is positioned at a crucial intersection in today’s art. It combines the creation and exhibition of traditional object-based art with virtual communication via global electronic networks, proposing the building of community among women as an art form in and of itself. While the strikingly diverse boxes made for WOMEN beyond borders have enjoyed worldwide exposure, no exhibition to date has given scholarly attention to this collaborative project as a unique cultural phenomenon at the turn of the century.
For more information on WOMEN beyond borders visit the website at www.womenbeyondborders.org