Lisa Anne Auerbach's Awesome, Arty Feminist Sweaters

Forget binders full of women… The hottest election accessory should be these cozy, subversive art pieces by Los Angeles-based feminist and bike activist artist Lisa Anne Auerbach! Oh. Eh. Sorry that we just did that. Seriously, you can forget the binders, but these sweaters are still awesome. Auerbach, who received an MFA in photography from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, started creating these deliberately provocative pull-over pieces back in 2004, when she no longer had access to her school’s darkroom. “Knitting was a way I could continue to make art,” she told The New York Times last year. “It’s portable and I can do it anywhere. Now that I’m teaching photography at Pomona College, I knit on the train during my commute, and it’s a great way to pass the time in faculty meetings.” Certainly being pro-bike, anti-monogamist, and gleefully atheist aren’t necessary mutually inclusive philosophies, but browse this closet and see which of her incredible statement sweaters matches you. Ride on!


Image credit: Lisa Anne Aurbach

Filed Under:

Post comment as twitter logo facebook logo
Sort: Newest | Oldest

My God these sweater sets are brilliant. And - sweet Christ - these other commenters are morons.

So humoruos! Your work is pioneer. Thanks for jolly inspiration :)

Guys--art is art whether or not you like it. Sometime's it's better to say nothing if you feel so raw about it. BMB--you misspelled gross. Greg--are you referring to the art or to your own comment? Feel free not to answer that.

"If nothing changes, it changes nothing." - She sure nailed that one.

@PJ: Terrifying! They might learn to think for themselves, and we couldn't have that, now, could we?

Oh, also the knitting sucks as well. Learn to cut your dangling ends.

Wonder if she wears this crap when she's teaching our daughters? Terrifying thought, huh.

Girls, girls, girls... If you wear this stuff, no wonder you are bitter that you can't attract a man.