The answer to whose work has a formal an emotional richness that was meant to counter minimalist male art is from Miriam Schapiro in 1973. For Miriam, the personal appearance is really important. She usually does an art regarding her being a feminist. She was also known as the person who uses material that are related to women.
Personification is giving human traits to nonhuman things or organism.
In this case, the feathers are personified as being able to "dance", when obviously it isn't exactly "dancing".
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