Women of the Underground: Art: Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves

“It is not about provocation, reaction or even invocation, it is about transformation: mentally and physically.”—Marina Abramovic, artist

“Art is subjective, and if one sees something in an image, that projection is a reflection of the spectator, who sees what he or she wants to see, whose critique is relevant to him or herself, exposing his or her own perversions.”—Irina Ionesco, artist

Until the late twentieth century, women’s creative skills were relegated to craft and decorative arts, and...