Abstract
The chapter analyzes four different modes of framing the gender discourse in Czech and Slovak visual art since 1989. By means of the analysis of a survey targeting gender and art, the chapter presents the development of gendered terminology, the changing approach to art making as a socially conditioned and gender specific activity, and the representation of gendered self of the artist in the Czech context.
Another aim of the chapter is to offer an overview of different curatorial strategies that have helped to introduce gender- centered approach into the Czech and Slovak exhibition practice and to instigate a gendered critique within the domain of visual art. Related to this is a focus on the institutional framing of gender as materialized in the gallery policies on the one hand and art pedagogy on the other.