The 70's ended with a stronger sense of a feminist colectivevity, with the liberating recognition that there were many kinds of aspects of feminism and feminist activity. There was a sense of optimism, although there was still a realizations that there was more work to be had. Feminist artists of color began to be heard, yet galleries were still reluctant to welcome African Americans. Sadly, the feminist-inspired artists of today, have less of a sense of themselves as a "movement". The influence of 70's feminist art, especially its ambitious hope for a "conscious art" persists in todays art that constructs personal narrative within an understanding of political agenda. Without the feminist agitation and aesthetic innovations of the 70's, many subsequent american artists, especially those who are female, would not have the subject matter, critical support, or the opportunity for high-level commercial recognition that is now somewhat possible.

The most radical and provocative feminist art works to be developed in the 70's were done by feminists who portrayed the human body or used their own bodies in their creations. Ever since then, the body has been am image, an idea, and an issue of

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