Description

”Femmage” is the witty and apt term that Schapiro has divised as a variant on “collage” (pictures assembled from assorted materials). As “femmage,” this activity has been practiced for centuries by woman, who has used traditional craft techniques like sewing, piecing, hooking, quilting and appliqueing. The extensive use of fabric swatches, patchwork and embroidery, both formal and iconographical elements in Schapiro’s femmage, is part of her conscious effort to re-establish her connections with this older and – from the feminist point of view – more authentic tradition with wich she, as an artist, identifies.

– Norma Broude, Feminism and Art History, 1982 –