This study of the work of women artists discusses the work of individual women artists in the context of contemporary art practices and in relation to key feminist issues in art history. It looks at the work of a diverse range of artists including women from the United States, the former Soviet Union and the United Kingdom - discussing, among others, the work of Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and the V Girls. Work by 20th-century Soviet women artists is covered, providing a case study of the production of art in non-Western economic, political and ideological circumstances.

This study of the work of women artists discusses the work of individual women artists in the context of contemporary art practices and in relation to key feminist issues in art history. It looks at the work of a diverse range of artists including women from the United States, the former Soviet Union and the United Kingdom - discussing, among others, the work of Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and the V Girls. Work by 20th-century Soviet women artists is covered, providing a case study of the production of art in non-Western economic, political and ideological circumstances.