Absurdism in itself is the pursuit of the absurd, which is an interesting concept because absurdness is regularly used word in reference to silliness, or obscurity.

Although It quickly became a form of protest it resonated as a way for women to create art that challenged the status quo and bring revolution for women across the world.

This was considered a challenge to traditional confirmative behaviour and expectations of females because of the underlying connotations in the art they produced was that it was silly or ‘absurd’. Below are some examples of this in the early feminist art movement.

This was a vital movement. It not only provoked thought and consideration among women across the world about their life styles and what was expected of them, it also inspired women to create art in a time when the art world was a primarily male dominated.