Famaj in contemporary art practice

The new paradigms that emerged in the axis of postmodern thought after the second half of the 20th century have caused ruptures in art as well as in many other fields. Creator, object and receiver of art; Along with the traditional approach, it has begun to turn to new situations and forms of representation. In this period when polyphony and multiculturalism made itself felt as much as possible, different cultures, beliefs, minorities and marginalized ones that were invisible before became visible. In such an environment, it is seen that the limits of strict masculine domination have been partially overcome, and new forms have begun to emerge in the art environment on the basis of feminist advocacy. This thesis, named "Famaj in Contemporary Art Practice", aims to deal with and examine the representation of women's products and labor in artistic production in the postmodern period. In addition, throughout history, it is aimed to consider women's identity in the creative context, handicrafts in domestic private areas, decoration techniques, etc. production as a strategy. also aims. She classifies these women's productions made with the collage technique in contemporary art with a feminist approach and classifies them as famaj and tries to embody the works and artists produced in this context with examples. In this context, he proposes a new conceptual reading while turning the production components into an artistic representation by considering identity, gender, an intimate and biographical approach.