‘The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist’
One contemporary artwork that is on display at the Tate Gallery that uses the postmodern frame to comment on the inequality between men and women is a poster created by the Guerrilla Girls titled, ‘The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist’. Their piece uses styles of comedy including ironic and sarcastic humour by outlining the “benefits” of being a female artist.
This chosen artwork is one of thirty pieces created by the group in a portfolio entitled ‘Guerrilla Girls Talk Back’. The group are an anonymous activist group who formed to highlight and showcase discrimination in the art world. The piece consists of thirteen sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek reasons, formally criticisms, towards the notion that it is an advantage to be a woman in the art world. In this piece, they use bold lettering in a clear font to draw attention and make the piece easier for the audience to read. It also creates a firm distinction between the work and the discrimination that, now highlighted, used to be pushed under the carpet.
The Guerrilla Girl’s piece ‘The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist’ uses a unique and humorous way to explore their concept and to comment on the …show more content…
Using negative space, figures can be made out of the white space of the canvas. Pollock’s abstract work was created by rolling canvas out onto the floor and then he would apply the watered down paint from above with blasting syringes and sticks. The blasting syringes make the paint blend and weave on its own accord. This technique leaves a permanent effect on the piece. The piece is chaotic, with the audience not being able to fully make out what is happening in the scene, this gives the audience a sense of disarray. The lack of order in the piece leaves the audience's mind wandering, trying to make sense of
One contemporary artwork that is on display at the Tate Gallery that uses the postmodern frame to comment on the inequality between men and women is a poster created by the Guerrilla Girls titled, ‘The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist’. Their piece uses styles of comedy including ironic and sarcastic humour by outlining the “benefits” of being a female artist.
This chosen artwork is one of thirty pieces created by the group in a portfolio entitled ‘Guerrilla Girls Talk Back’. The group are an anonymous activist group who formed to highlight and showcase discrimination in the art world. The piece consists of thirteen sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek reasons, formally criticisms, towards the notion that it is an advantage to be a woman in the art world. In this piece, they use bold lettering in a clear font to draw attention and make the piece easier for the audience to read. It also creates a firm distinction between the work and the discrimination that, now highlighted, used to be pushed under the carpet.
The Guerrilla Girl’s piece ‘The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist’ uses a unique and humorous way to explore their concept and to comment on the …show more content…
Using negative space, figures can be made out of the white space of the canvas. Pollock’s abstract work was created by rolling canvas out onto the floor and then he would apply the watered down paint from above with blasting syringes and sticks. The blasting syringes make the paint blend and weave on its own accord. This technique leaves a permanent effect on the piece. The piece is chaotic, with the audience not being able to fully make out what is happening in the scene, this gives the audience a sense of disarray. The lack of order in the piece leaves the audience's mind wandering, trying to make sense of