“I never thought of myself as capable of creating such compelling images,” she says. “I just wanted to be able to make practical photos, useful to movement organizers.”
Read MoreStudents of art history may be tempted to place “For Spare Parts They Broke Us Up” in the tradition of Dadaism – cheap and readily available materials in new contexts, political undertones, punk as heck. Dada does like to shock with its irreverence, but Burke’s work shocks with its emotional sophistication (Photo by Stacey Evans Photography.)
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Self-Portrait, c. 1891/92
The power of her empathy and her ability to translate raw emotions through drawing or wood engraving is truly remarkable. More than an area of interest for her -- she felt it was her duty to use art as a means of bettering the lives of others.
Read MoreThis objectification of women in visual culture becomes strikingly apparent when we examine one of the most popular subjects in European art: the reclining nude.
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