What is the point of dealing with the relationship between the visual arts and
Feminisms today? What are the possible effects of this discussion for contemporary
art teaching? These and other questions permeate this article, which intends to bring
to the fore a still marginal topic, almost invisible amidst our main pedagogical
concerns related to art and education, arising also from the few or scarce
theoretical texts about it, especially the ones written in Portuguese. The
discussions presented in this article emerge mainly from researches made by Loponte
(2002______. "Sexualidades, artes visuais e poder: pedagogias visuais do
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2002., 2005LOPONTE, L. Gruppelli. Docência artista: arte, estética de si e
subjetividades femininas. 2005. 207 p. Tese (Doutorado em Educação)-Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 2005., 2008______. "Pedagogias visuais do feminino: arte, imagens e docência".
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2011______. "Quando a arte produzida por mulheres desafia o ensino de arte".
Diálogo com a Arte, Campinas, n. 2, p. 17-28, 2011.). By raising questions that intertwine
the visual arts and Feminisms or the idea of art pervaded by Feminist intentions, we
propose a more attentive view of pedagogical practices that are not exempt from the
inclusion of such discussions, but still seem to be lethargic around these and more
provocative and deconditioning approaches in the school context. We initially present
the discussion intertwining contemporary art, Feminisms and female artists,
indicating some of the ways of thinking around this relationship. We also approach
the erosion of the Feminist adjective as related to the visual arts to, finally,
point out pedagogical contradictions and implications in the connections between art
and Feminism. In this sense, we intend to call attention to the need of critical
analyses involving a work turned towards education about art produced by contemporary
women artists in the school environment, presenting a few arguments in favor of this
educational task.
Art; Women artists; Education; School