Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Nancy Worthington

Femalines

Nancy Worthington. Femalines, 1994.

Description:

Enter the world of Femalines, where women are transformed into cats, and cats are transformed into women.

FEMALINES with fascinating facts, delightful images, and revealing social commentary.

Discover the secrets of feline-female bonding...

Explore the spiritual linkage between cats and women...

Delight in The Pageant-the 12 artworks in matriarchal colors, depicting intriguing metamorphoses between women and cats.

When you enter The Presence, you will learn why the role and status of the female and feline is ever changing between the sacred and the profane. You will understand why the cat is a barometer-a litmus test-of society's treatment of women.

In The Profile you will discover why cats, unlike human females, have escaped tyrannical male rule.

Medium:
Book

Tags:
feminist art, women and cats, erotic, women's spirituality, fantasy, female, social commentary art