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Cherchez la femme – Female Positions of the Avant-Garde
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Open in the appThe reasons for the marginalisation of women in design history are well known, with patriarchal structures taking centre stage. In the young Soviet Union, however, after the revolution it was about realising a consistent gender politics of equality, which briefly manifested… The reasons for the marginalisation of women in design history are well known, with patriarchal structures taking centre stage. In the young Soviet Union, however, after the revolution it was about realising a consistent gender politics of equality, which briefly manifested itself in art and design. In the West too, some female designers actively participated in a feminist avant-garde. The dialogic tour illuminates works by well-known and lesser-known pioneers of modernity. With Gerda Breuer, art and design historian, and Bettina Richter, curator of the poster collection and the exhibition, Museum of Design Zurich