Wark- Conceptual art and it’s emphasis on political criticism was represented in Adrian Piper’s work as artist and art; other female artists embraced this subject-object relationship, which was a larger representation of the objectification of their bodies and identities in society.

Nochlin- The argument of great women artists is composed and dictated by mainly white, heterosexual males; the issue is based on the definition and appreciation of great art by women artists.

Summary: This art, which rejected the traditional ideologies of conceptual art, which stressed control in the purest form. Their pieces embraced the unpredictable, unfiltered era of the 1970’s, with a volatile woman’s rights movement and lingering difficulties with the Civil Rights era. Artists such as Adrian Piper altered the idea of art, yet her political & social statements were of a new breed in conceptual art. Her work, and many others, struggled to gain legitimacy in the art field, which has been a universal struggle of race and gender. The reading makes an effort to provide context for their struggle, which still remains a problem for current women artists.