This DVD documentary introduces women artists who have been trailblazers in genres ranging from traditional mediums such as painting and sculpture to more recent mediums such as photography, video, performance and conceptual art.
Each episode offers one contemporary female artist the opportunity to introduce the women whose art has been formative to her own oeuvre in a virtual exhibition. Annette Messager, Kiki Smith, Jenny Holzer and Katharina Grosse present their personal collection of works by other women artists. These include Eva Hesse, Lynda Benglis, Alina Szapocznikow, Lee Lozano, Kiki Smith, Yayoi Kusama, Rosemarie Trockel, Hanne Darboven, Natalia Goncharova, Lyubov Popova, Yvonne Rainer, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Louise Nevelson, Alice Neel, Bridget Riley, Grandma Moses, Agnes Martin, Nancy Spero, Louise Lawler, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Mitchell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alma Thomas, Joan Jonas, Roni Horn, Valerie Hammond, Genevi ve Cadieux, Marisol Escobar, Lee Bontecou, Frida Kahlo, Isa Genzken, VALIE EXPORT, Wanchgechi Mutu, Judy Millar, Pamela Rosenkranz, Camille Henrot, Georgina Houghton and Maria Lassnig.