In your journey, you may come across artworks that appear similar; however, it is highly unlikely that you will encounter artists who work in the same manner. When presented with two artists, how do we effectively compare and contrast them? Instead of stating our opinions on the artists and expressing who we believe is better or worse, we focus on analyzing their differences identifying similarities, and recognizing the influence their art has had on society. In this paper, we will discuss the similarities and differences between Georgia O'Keeffe's and Frida Kahlo’s art, along with the impact that their pieces have had on the art we know today. Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, two prominent female artists of the 20th century, share several
It attracts spectators’ attentions to think about what things the young female is facing as they replace themselves into the painting. The main target of this painting is female. Based on what Cayton, et al., the spectators recognize that Hopper was trying to tell us, “The workplace remained highly stratified along gender lines. Not until the political and cultural climate shifted in the early 1960s would women begin actively to resist the gender stereotyping so characteristic of 1950s social attitudes” (Cayton et al., 1993). Females sustained the pressure of taking restricted social role; otherwise, they will be discriminated by the public.
For all artists, the “way life was seen” played a significant role in how the artists constructed and portrayed their artwork. In postwar Australian society, women played a significant role for the country’s growth. While men were at war, the women had to fill in the jobs, and Australia was basically being run by more women than men. This became more aware throughout the 1980s where feminism became more internationally aware. Margaret Preston’s husband, allowed Margaret to be free to do as she wanted during this time, differing from the stereotyped world where the men would work and the women would stay at home.
Before today, I didn’t know much about Georgia O’Keeffe and I wasn’t familiar with any of her paintings. After reading through the section, I realized how much I admired this artist that I’d just learned about and how undervalued her art was, or maybe how little she’s spoken of nowadays, compared to other artists. Her landscape paintings all contain a very distinct look to them that make them seem very original. The fact that she makes a place like New Mexico seem like it’s got breathtaking scenery, when in reality it’s mostly rugged and dry looking, is astonishing to me.
Savage ensured that African American woman had a place in the artistic world during a time of
Additionally, In Chicago’s book Through the Flower she writes about how the Fresno Art Program began and her own realization that she needed more than to just want to become an artist in order to be one. She describes the process she went through in the attempt to create a space in which women would feel safe to express their opinions without the interference of men. Chicago states that it wasn’t that the men were necessarily saying or doing anything to make the women feel unable to speak freely, but rather, she says, “their presence reminded the women of society’s tacit and all-pervasive instruction that they should not be too aggressive, so that the men’s egos would not be threatened.” (Chicago 1167) Once Judy felt sure that this would create
“Since early times women have been uniquely viewed as a creative source of human life.” (Center "Women 's History in America"). This was never truer than in the mid 20 century in the southern United States.
She died at the age of ninety-eight having been given many honors and awards for her work in abstraction, color field, and minimalist painting and being admired by many. Montgomery cites, a close friend of O’Keeffe’s, Blanch Matthais, “She is a like the flickering flame of a candle, steady, serene, softly brilliant… This woman who lives fearlessly, reasons logically, who is modest, unassertive and spiritually beautiful and who, because she dares to paint as she feels, has become not only one of the most magical artists of our time but one of the most stimulatingly powerful (Montgomery, 1993, pg. 18).” Georgia O’Keeffe became a well-known and respected artist in the art world based on her visions and technical skills. Her art represents her emotions,
It is important to know why a piece is primarily created as well as the messages behind them. Reclaiming Female Agency is all about why something is initially created and the reason behind the artist’s style. For them it is just as important to the piece being named for the artist. Broude and Garrard along with all the artist they used to feel that if the artist was raised by an artist or had great tragedies happen to them as important to what they created and why. One artist’s story that stuck with me was Artemisia Gentileschi and what was also said about women killing men and others by Garrard.
This work served as a gathering point for the discussion of artistic and political issues. As Yale University began admitting women to the university for the first time the year before (1969), discussions about gender equality occurred here too. How was the medium of Lipstick Ascending on Caterpillar Tracks changed?
In society, there are several stereotypes and gender roles culturally influenced by women today. Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills series made between (1977-1980) shows different stereotypes of women in different everyday situations. This series consists of the artist posing as those female roles in seventy black and white photographs. In my opinion, by doing this series she challenges the way we view women regularly in pictures, by giving a different perspective. In this paper, I examine Cindy Sherman’s work and how my work is inspired by or relates to her work.
It witnessed a tremendous change in the ideal female body image, which also changed from one decade to another. In The twentieth century, women started gaining more rights and expressing themselves more, witnessing a rise in women’s movements and newly formed organizations, a new generation of female artists, photographers, and writers. Females were emerging out of the set boundaries that the society had set for them and joined the workforce, contributing a lot to society. This offset feminine freedom was reflected through the way women represented themselves.
America was segregated and blacks and whites had a different set of rights under what were called ‘Jim Crow’ laws. Not only was there racial oppression, however, but women were also oppressed and viewed as inferior to men. This started a huge movement of the arts which prompted changes in unjust laws and legislation. The 1960s brought about a great movement of the arts as the oppressed people and the activists spoke out against the unfair laws through their various art forms.
This essay discusses transnational feminism in contemporary art and Reilly talks about her experience curating the art exhibit "Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art," which presented a selection of young to mid-career women artists from a variety of cultures. The essay examines transformations in feminist theory and contemporary art practice and talks about artists Patricia Piccinini, Dayanita Singh, and Catherine Opie. Reilly really focuses on challenging First World Feminism that assumes "sameness" among women. Instead, the show and essay acknowledge the differences in the woman's lives. " In other words, this all-women exhibition aimed to be inclusively transnational, evading restrictive boundaries as it questioned the continued privileging of masculinist cultural production from Europe and the United States within the art market, cultural institutions, and exhibition practices."
Technology is amazing for connecting us to the people who are not there at the moment, but it seems to be taking over the world today. People now rely on their phones and they can 't live without their phone with them. It hard to believe that only 45 years ago there was no such thing as a cell phone and now 6.8 billion out of the 7 billion people own a cell phone of some type. Three major negative effects of having the technology today, they affect your health, young people having hard times communicating with other people, and the last effect is that they are addicting.
