Why Have There Been No Great Woman Artists

At the start of a revolution of art fought for woman’s rights, in 1971, art historian Linda Nochlin asked a question that “Why Have There Been No Great Woman Artists”. The answer probably lies in the fact that women were neglected as artists, or anything that differed from their assigned roles, whichever period that was in. As a matter of truth, art is inexorably bound up in the situation where it is produced and where it is experienced. But sometimes the social norms would always play an influential role in person’s experiences and affect the producing process. That’s why that Linda Nochlin mentioned the unfair female artists’ status resulting from the social norms.
Refer to the traditional social norms, it usually tends to include some kinds

Woman’s rights should be institutionalized or supported by the national law, the local custom and behaviors. Meanwhile, women are supposed to possess the equal rights to men’s rights, including voting, working, receiving education, gaining fair wages and equal rights in the family. In order to make it, a group of females made great efforts.
As time goes by, woman’s rights are attached more importance to on account of many people’s efforts. Some women artists also devoted their lives to fighting for improving woman’s status and power. Due to their attempts, art started to be seen as a powerful medium to introduce the world from women’s angle about politics and social development. The series of artworks not only created changes in neglected status of female artists, but also contributed a lot to the world revolution of woman’s rights.
Yoko Ono can be one of the most outstanding artists who trying hard to promote the revolution of woman’s rights. As a Japanese multimedia artist, Yoko Ono was known for her work in performance art and filmmaking. When Linda Nochlin started the revolution, Ono followed her step and composed some performance art fighting for woman’s

Global countries appreciated Ono's innovative, iconoclastic presence in the art world and the performance gave enlightenment and power to the woman’s rights. Because “Cut Piece” was more than just a performance art, but able to confront issues of gender, class and cultural identity. In addition, she also encouraged a number of future female artists at that time.
Yoko Ono’s “Cut Piece” not only influence the world, but also made a significant achievement in her individual life. On the one hand, Ono became a pioneer of conceptual art and performance art resulting from the “Cut Piece” and she became famous. In addition, Ono met John Lennon when she was invited to hold an exhibition in London and they fell in love. Nowadays, many portions of the traditional social norms have been abandoned, especially the discrimination of women. The woman’s rights are almost equal to man’s. For example, women possess rights to decide to get marriage or divorce with a men with freedom. Over the past decades, the social and legal changes have been all accomplished. Most of the people take it for granted. Younger people are born this way, so they hardly believe that the life was ever