Skelly J. Radical Decadence: Excess in Contemporary Feminist Textiles and Craft

Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2017. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4725-6941-7.This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art. Gendered discourses of decadence that perpetuate anxieties about women's power, consumption and pleasure are deconstructed through images of drug use, female sexuality and 'excessive' living, in artworks by several contemporary textile artists including Orly Cogan, Tracey Emin, Allyson Mitchell, and Rozanne HawksleyIntroduction: Decadence, feminism, and “excess”
Consuming craft, cupcakes, and cocaine: Orly Cogan, Shane Waltener, and Shelley Miller
Pleasure craft: Nava Lubelski, Mickalene Thomas, and Shary Boyle
Bad women? Tracey Emin, Ghada Amer, and Allyson Mitchell
“The decaying fabrics of life and death”: Rozanne Hawksley’s Textile Art