“Reconsidering the Stain on Gender and the Body in Frankenthaler’s Painting” written by art historian Lisa Saltzman, discusses the dissolution of boundaries between gender categories throughout post World War 2 America. Saltzman’s central argument focuses on America’s patriarchal society and their necessity to restore hierarchy and social order when faced with the potential shift in power with the rise of influence of the female gender.
In this article Saltzman uses Frankenthaler’s painterly process “the stain” as the backbone for her central argument, as Frankenthaler had an unique disposition (in art historic purposes) for being the catalyst in the construction of male and female bodies. The stain being the area of focus was dismissed with
In this article Saltzman uses Frankenthaler’s painterly process “the stain” as the backbone for her central argument, as Frankenthaler had an unique disposition (in art historic purposes) for being the catalyst in the construction of male and female bodies. The stain being the area of focus was dismissed with