美術史に残るアメリカのフェミニスト・アート30選。19世紀から現代に至る女性アーティストたちの歩み

金沢21世紀美術館の「フェミニズムズ / FEMINISMS」展(2021年秋〜22年春)や、東京国立近代美術館が2024年秋と2025年春に実施した「フェミニズムと映像表現」展など、近年、日本でもフェミニズムをテーマに掲げた展覧会を目にすることが増えている。これらは1960年代以降のフェミニスト・アートが中心だが、フェミニズム運動に関連したアート作品の誕生は19世紀後半にまで遡る。ここでは、アメリカにおける30の代表作を紹介する。

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu.
アリス・パイク・バーニー《Medusa》(1892) Photo: Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
メタ・ヴォー・ウォリック・フラー《In Memory of Mary Turner as a Silent Protest Against Mob Violence》(1919) Photo: Collection of the Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket
ロイス・メイロウ・ジョーンズ《自画像》(1940) Photo: Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
《カット・ピース》を上演中のオノ・ヨーコ。ニューヨークのカーネギー・リサイタル・ホールで1965年3月21日に開かれた「New Works of Yoko Ono」より。Photo: Film by David and Albert Maysles. Artwork copyright © Yoko Ono
エリザベス・キャトレット《Political Prisoner》(1971) Photo: New York Public Library. Artwork copyright © 2025 Mora-Catlett Family/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
フェイス・リンゴールド《For the Women's House》(1971) Photo: Collection of the NYC Department of Correction, on loan to the Brooklyn Museum. Artwork copyright © 2026 Anyone Can Fly Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
メアリー・ベス・エデルソン《Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper》(1972) Photo: Digital image copyright © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource New York. Artwork copyright © the Estate of Mary Beth Edelson, courtesy of the Estate of Mary Beth Edelson and Accola Griefen Fine Art
ベティ・サール《The Liberation of Aunt Jemima》(1972) Photo: Collection of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Artwork copyright © Betye Saar, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles. Photo: Benjamin. Blackwell
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
ミリアム・シャピロ《Explode》(1972) Photo: Collection of the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Artwork copyright © 2026 Estate of Miriam Schapiro/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Everson Museum of Art
アナ・メンディエタ《Body Tracks》(1974)の一場面。Photo: Artwork copyright © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
ジュディ・シカゴ《The Dinner Party》(1974-79)の展示風景。3角形に組まれたテーブルの1辺に並ぶ「ユディト」と「サッフォー」の席。Photo: Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. Artwork copyright © 2025 Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo copyright © Donald Woodman/ARS, New York.
マーサ・ロスラー《Semiotics of the Kitchen》(1975)の一場面。Photo: Artwork copyright © Martha Rosler. Digital image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
キャロリー・シュニーマン《Interior Scroll》(1975) Photo: Artwork copyright © 2025 Carolee Schneemann Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital image courtesy Lisson Gallery and P•P•O•W, New York. Photo: Anthony McCall
ダラ・バーンバウム《Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman》(1978–79)のスチル写真。Photo: Digital image courtesy of the Estate of Dara Birnbaum, Robert Birnbaum, Administrator; Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York; and Marian Goodman Gallery. Artwork copyright © the Estate of Dara Birnbaum, Robert Birnbaum, Administrator
ジュディス・F・バカ《Hitting the Wall: Women in the Marathon》(1984) Photo: Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Digital image courtesy of the SPARC & Judy Baca Archive. Artwork copyright © 1984 Judith F. Baca
ゲリラ・ガールズ《The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist》(1988) Photo: Copyright © Guerrilla Girls. Courtesy guerrillagirls.com
バーバラ・クルーガー《Untitled (Your Body Is a Battleground)》(1989) Photo: Artwork copyright © Barbara Kruger, courtesy of the artist, Sprüth Magers and David Zwirner
サラ・ルーカス《Eating a Banana》(1990) Photo: Collection of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Artwork copyright © Sarah Lucas. Digital image courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Gary Hume
シリン・ネシャット「Women of Allah」シリーズの《Rebellious Silence》(1994)。Photo: Artwork copyright © Shirin Neshat. Digital image courtesy of the artist and Gladstone. Photo: David N Regen
エミリー・カーメ・ウングワレー《Anwerlarr anganenty (Big yam Dreaming)》(1995) Photo: Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. Digital image courtesy of the National Gallery of Victoria and Pace Gallery. Artwork copyright © Emily Kam Kngwarray/Copyright Agency. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2026
カラ・ウォーカー《A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby, an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occasion of the demolition of the Domino Sugar Refining Plant》(2014)。ニューヨーク、ブルックリンのドミノ製糖工場での展示風景。Photo: A project of Creative Time, Brooklyn, New York, 2014. Artwork copyright © 2014 Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Malloy Jenkins and Sprüth Magers. Photo: Jason Wyche
ウェンディ・レッド・スター「Apsáalooke Feminist」シリーズ(2016) Photo: Artwork copyright © Wendy Red Star, courtesy of the artist and Sargent’s Daughters, New York
シモーヌ・リー《Brick House》(2019) Photo: Artwork copyright © Simone Leigh, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo by Timothy Schenck
ニューヨークのマディソン・スクエア・パークに展示されたシャジア・シカンダーの《Witness》(2023)。Photo: Artwork copyright © Shahzia Sikander. Digital image courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly New York/Los Angeles. Photo: Lynda Churilla