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Goddess gates

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Goddess gates

In the later 1970s and 1980s many women artists rejected the requirements of a male-dominated art world. Their priority was the development of feminist and female imagery, such as the central goddess figure of Vivian Lynn’s 1986 installation ‘Gates of the Goddess – a southern crossing attended by the Goddess’.

Image courtesy of Vivian Lynn

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Vivian Lynn

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Megan Cook, Women’s movement – Arts and spirituality, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/27927/goddess-gates (accessed 19 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 7 April 2011.