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Who are the most important women of our times? Passing through great political characters, famous models, pop stars and actresses, we can see that the female world is always more rich in artistic personalities of absolute importance, internationally recognised for their extraordinary talent, from cinema to music, from design to photography, passing through to the more disparate forms of art work.

Trendypedia is a project of TEA, which collects the greatest trends of the moment and puts together the most important names among designers, stylists and artists, beyond also looking at new lifestyles and the coolest places of the moment.

We began there, searching among the most appreciated feminine figures of the moment, from the A of Marina Abramovic to the Z of Jamila Zbanic.

	Abramovic, Marina Born in Belgrade in 1946, she is a very active artist in the field of Performance Art; hers is an artistic form, which upsets the traditional canons of space and time, upsetting the relationship between the artist and public. Her work can surround you or can be enacted in particular place with a group of people.
Beecroft, Vanessa Italian artist born in 1969, resident in New York. She uses a very unusual artistic language, in between performance and documentary art, drawing continuous inspiration from Renaissance pictures. Her performances are strictly linked to the cultural, artistic, and political environment of the place hosting her.
	Cocoroise Two American sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who represent one of the most eclectic and un-classifiable formations of music in the present day. The guitars acoustics are between blues and folk, while the lo-fi electronic background, the games of the sometimes-infantile voices, the imprecise percussions and the touch of the psychedelic, make their sound a cauldron of evocations.
Craven, Ann American artist born in 1974. An assistant to Alex Katz, her paintings have developed a Pop Art image very similar to that of Andy Warhol. She draws animals in a naturalistic background made of flowers, grass and the sky.
	Fridriksdóttir, Gabriela Icelandic artist who recently exhibited at the Venice Biennale Versation/Tetralogiam, a multi-media exposition including paintings, sculptures, videos and music in an attempt to explore emotions and desires in our times.
Fischer Christensen, Pernille The Danish Pernille Fischer Christensen shone in the cinema with the film “En soap”, which won a “Gran Premio della Giuria Migliore Opera Prima al Festival di Berlin 2006” (Grand prize before the Berlin Festival). Influenced by the aesthetics of Lars Von Trier, she is now about to release her second film “Dancers”, one of the most anticipated films of 2008.
	Grisebach, Valeska Valeska Grisebach was born in Brema in 1968. She studied Philosophy, and German Literature at Berlin, Monaco and Vienna. From 1993 to 2001, she attended the Academy of Cinema in Vienna. She has worked for television, produced documentaries, and released “Mein Stern” in 2001(My Star) and “Sehnsucht” (Longing) in Berlin in 2006
Hadid, Zaha Born in Iraq in 1950, she is an internationally recognised architect, winner of numerous and prestigious competitions, even if some of her projects have never been built. She is a part of the current artistic movement of de-constructionism, which looks to deconstructing traditional forms, transforming them into a definite construction “without geometry”. She won the Pritzker Prize in 2004, becoming the first female winner.
	Kusama, Yayoi Japanese artist, born in 1929, lived for years, by choice, in a psychiatric clinic. Famous for painting, sculpting, performance and installation which as a leit motif have cluttered images and repetition, her works are suspended between minimalism, surrealism and pop art, all veined with an accentuated feminism, creating at the end a strong effect of estrangement and confusion. Another typical effect is the utilisation of polka dots.
Kruger, Barbara American photographer born in 1945. She was a graphic designer for various artistic departments and for various fashion magazines. Her most famous works are huge advertising posters with women as the focal image in black and white with different slogans on red backgrounds with very direct messages.
	M.I.A. Acronym for Missing In Action is the artistic name for Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, talented English artist who is a native of Sri Lanka. Her parents were political activists and guerrillas. From this climate of battle, her ferocious hip-hop was born, close to funk genres, grime, reggae and dance hall.
McCartney, Stella British fashion designer, born in 1971, the daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney. She has got attention, not only for her famous origins but also for her talents in the fashion field. A vegetarian and convinced animal activist, she has worked on the production of clothes which do not include maltreating animals, including Gucci, Chloe, Adidas and H&M, beyond also launching CARE, a special line of cosmetic products.
	Sterling, Linda Born in Liverpool in 1954 with the name Linda Mulkvey, she is an artist, photographer, visual performer and musician, famous in the punk and post punk environment between the 70’s and 80’s, beyond also being one of Morrissey’s and The Smiths best friends. Her images are relayed in a series of collages, taking ideas from porn magazines combined with those of fashion and also housewife mags.
Smith, Zadie This English writer is among the most talented of the present generation; she was born in 1975 (real name, Sadie Smithe) from a English father and a Jamaican mother. Her first book “White Teeth” (2000), created a bidding war between various publishing houses before the book was even finished. She has also written another two books “The autograph man” and “On beauty”
	Urquiola, Patricia Spanish architect, born in Oviedo but she developed professionally in Italy. She stands out among the design world, where her creations for Step and Lowland are very famous.
Westwood, Vivienne English artist born in 1941, famous for having contributed in the 70’s to the creation of the punk style in London, with one of the most famous shops in London which over time has changed name. Still today, she is famous for her style, rich with various influences, beyond her social and political commitments.
	Zbanic, Jasmila Bosnian director and screenwriter. In 1997 she founded the association “Deblokada” with which she produces, directs, and writes many videos and documentaries. “The secret of Esma” (Grbavica) was presented in the Berlin Festival 2006 and won an Orso d’oro as best film as well as the prize of Giuria Ecumenica and the Prize film for Peace.