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Joyce Wieland (June 30, 1931 - June 27, 1998)

Joyce Wieland was originally from Canada. At the age of seven she Joyce had to deal with the heartbreak of losing her father and three short years later she underwent the same trauma of losing her mother. Having lost both her parents at an early age took a toll on joyce but that pain has never shown in her art. Her art has an all around joyful feeling. Joyce Moved to the United States (New Your) with her husband and continued her art. Joyce created in many forms. She used paintings, sculptress and movies to help express her images. Joyce was the first women to challenge the male dominated world of art. Joyce was the first women ever to have a National Gallery dedicated to her art. The Far shore is one of Joyce's most famous works. This film centers around one central idea. Like most of Joyce's works the film is centered around sex. Being the first of her kind this gave the public a new perspective of sexual art. A woman's perspective.

Picture -- http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/002026/f1/nlc004386-v5.jpg

Additional Visual -- http://art-history.concordia.ca/faculty/johanne/The-Far-Shore.jpg This is the cover to Joyce's famous film The Far Shore

Joyce Laid the path for other female artist and broke the boundaries of the male dominated art world. In doing so she has created some of the most beautiful art and has created a stage for new women to create and show the world that women are just as good even better then men at something as passionate as art.

List of Art -- http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/canadian/Joyce-Wieland-Canadian-Artist.html

Work Cited -- MacNevin, Suzanne. "Joyce Wieland Canada's Greatest Female Artist of the 20th Century." The Art History Webring. 24 june, 2010. 

"Joyce Weiland the Passionate Director(ess)." Docshare. 24 June, 2010. 

"Joyce Wieland." Celebrating Women's Achievements: Women Artist in Canada. 12 April, 2005: 24 June, 2010. 