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| Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972 |
For this weeks selfie, I chose the piece of Ana Mendieta pictured above. In her photograph she's defying the societal norm of beauty when it comes to woman, so I chose to recreate the message she was trying to convey.
Female Gaze: Art that Looks at What Women See- NY Times
- “They created a shift, a change in perspective, from being the model, the person a painter is looking at, to being the painter herself.”
This article by the NY Times dives into the view of woman when it comes to the art world. Women were once used as the object of art in paintings, photos, more. They were objectified by the male eyes before they created their own space to freely make art the way they chose.
Ana Mendieta: Artist Who Pushed Boundaries- NY Times
John Berger, Chapters 2&3
- "To be born a woman has been to be born, within an allotted and confined space, into keeping of men." (Chapter 3, pg.48)
- "You painted a naked woman you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting Vanity, thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure." (Chapter 3, pg.51)
John Berger's reading discusses the topic of woman and how they are limited for the view and pleasure of men. Men set there own precedence of themselves and how they chose to be viewed in society while woman are walking on eggshells. A women's "worth" is usually depicted on how they carry one self because that ultimately decides how a man will treat you and back then her sense of self was determined by the male species.
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