I've been drawing since I attended kindergarden and since then drawing has become a bad hobby of mine. I would draw over things that i see around me, including my wall and cloths. I would take books out and wouldn't bother reading it and just look at the wonderful colour its displaying. When i got through high school one of my favourite subject i took was Art History and fell in love with it, especially in the area of Feminist Art. All this time snooping through magazine and books, never did I realize that there isn’t much feminist artist out there that are acknowledged or found in history books or article. Everyone knows who Jackson Pollock or
Andy Warhol and Giotto Di Bondone is, but what about Feminist artist back in the 14th century like Catarina Van Hemessen who was train by her father to paint in Italy and Judith Leyster?
Thank God for Americans feminist art movement that is puposely done to recognize all women who have been denied by male domination exhibition and institution. Anyone who knows their Art History knows that because of abstract expressionism influences , female movement had an opportunity to go against the patriarchy in the 1970. My favorite Feminist artist is Judy Chicago whose work is seen by viewers as a challenge to the patriarchy and male institution. Her work such as the "Dinner Party" is one my favourite work of hers, which is a huge collabrative work that was done with the help of other numerous female artist. Chicago has set 39 plates that represents 39 womens in history who have not been name in history. Chicago has set the imaginary dinner table similar to the Leonado Da Vinci "Last Supper". The table is set in a trangular shape which is a motif for women, and in each sides it presented with 13 plates of historic womens. Chicago has also listed 999 names of other females who were also denied in history, that is layered under the trangular table as a mat. Her work is said to be women's "Hallmark" of iconography. One thing i notice before was Chicago has gone through this, to establish the craft art and to recognize the importance of collaboration merely because artist like Jackson Pollock for e.g. have always worked in isolation which clearly stated that feminist artist would work together to achieve what men thought women in art would never conqure.
I believe Men and Women are equal in so many ways and there shoudn't be discrimanation against race, social class nor gender. If people work together rather then individual work then just maybe people could achieve things.
What are your thoughts about "Women put second best in Scoiety"!...
Thank God for Americans feminist art movement that is puposely done to recognize all women who have been denied by male domination exhibition and institution. Anyone who knows their Art History knows that because of abstract expressionism influences , female movement had an opportunity to go against the patriarchy in the 1970. My favorite Feminist artist is Judy Chicago whose work is seen by viewers as a challenge to the patriarchy and male institution. Her work such as the "Dinner Party" is one my favourite work of hers, which is a huge collabrative work that was done with the help of other numerous female artist. Chicago has set 39 plates that represents 39 womens in history who have not been name in history. Chicago has set the imaginary dinner table similar to the Leonado Da Vinci "Last Supper". The table is set in a trangular shape which is a motif for women, and in each sides it presented with 13 plates of historic womens. Chicago has also listed 999 names of other females who were also denied in history, that is layered under the trangular table as a mat. Her work is said to be women's "Hallmark" of iconography. One thing i notice before was Chicago has gone through this, to establish the craft art and to recognize the importance of collaboration merely because artist like Jackson Pollock for e.g. have always worked in isolation which clearly stated that feminist artist would work together to achieve what men thought women in art would never conqure.
I believe Men and Women are equal in so many ways and there shoudn't be discrimanation against race, social class nor gender. If people work together rather then individual work then just maybe people could achieve things.
What are your thoughts about "Women put second best in Scoiety"!...
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