The Protestor's Playground.

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  • Author(s): Todd, Alex J.
  • Source:
    History Today. Jun2019, Vol. 69 Issue 6, p15-17. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HISTORY of feminism; RADICALISM; SECOND-wave feminism; RADICALISM in art; CONCEPTUAL art; PUBLIC demonstrations
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the 1970s feminist group, Dolle Mina's use of conceptual art in their radical protests in the Netherlands. Topics discussed include feminist Wilhelmina Drucker as inspiration for the group's name, the effort of the group to promote gender inequality awareness, history of the second-wave feminism in the Netherlands, the use of art in promoting radical ideas from 1965 to 1976 and the strategy of Dolle Mina of combining the performances of conceptual artists with protests.