Author: POL, CORNELIA M.,
Title: Discourse on the Frame. The making and unmaking of Indonesian Women Artists; Discours over de omlijsting van drie Indonesische kunstenaressen. [Original doctoral dissertation Amsterdam municipal university]. [Translated into english by R.M.J. van der Wilden-Fall].
Description: S.I. [Amsterdam], s.n., 1998. 8°. Original coloured glossy limp wrappers. Covertitle in bold black type, works of art illustrated on upper and lower outer covers. 237pp. 24 captioned monochrome reproductions after original indonesian abstract paintings by Kartika Affandi, Farida Srihadi and Nunung, extensive footnotes and references, index of Persons, general index, appendices, extensive bibliography, duch language summary, conclusion, synopsis on lower outer cover, table of contents. Copy inscribed by author, signed, on french tile. Important english language dissertation researching into the history and cultural development of three female indonesian painters, general emancipation of the indonesian women, linked with a period of history characterized by an exchange of cultural phenomena. It concentrates on the realm of Gender and the practice of contemporary art in Indonesia, submerging from the traditiona patriarchal influences on Indonesian art and painting. Very fine copy.

Keywords: dissertation science research investigation female artists kartika affandi contemporary patriarchal influence gender nonfigurative abstract paintings culture ermergence indonesia emancipation southeas