Intertextuality, a reference to literary text in a novel used to convey a theme, is an important element to include in films which display changing in values in a society. This element is especially prevalent in Gary Ross’s 1998 postmodernist film ‘Pleasantville’. The audience is shown Pleasantville’s change in values through Ross’ use of allusions to novels; in particular Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, art works, like those of Pablo Picasso, and 1950’s sitcoms, Father Knows Best.…
early critics and, paradoxically, has been ignored by recent feminist scholars.” Flack’s paintings are often categorized as either feminine or feminist, according to Woman’s Art Journal. In the 1970s women found it difficult to merge those two identities and Flack was well aware of the dueling demands in a woman’s life. Flack believed that a woman could be both feminine and a feminist. A woman didn’t have to choose and could create her own lifestyle.…
Significant personal events in one’s life can act to influence an individual’s artmaking practice. This is evident through Frida Kahlo’s artwork ‘The Broken Column’ 1944, Jenny Sages ‘After Jack’ 2012 and Christian Thompson ‘King Billy’ 2010. Frida Kahlo, is the first example of such an individual as she experienced a horrible accident causing permanent damage to her spine. As a result of the accident, Kahlo became influenced to paint through using her emotion as a driving force to paint where Kahlo states “I am broken, but I am happy as long as I can paint”. This is depicted in Kahlo’s artwork ‘The Broken Column’ in plate 4 which depicts a figure namely Kahlo herself being pricked by nails with the presence of a broken pillar.…
Due to this active painting, we are able to see the contemplation that this woman has, once again establishing this idea of validation over objectification. This painting is not only a work of art but a social…
When Peggy came to New York in 1941, she brought with her, not just her family but, all of her 170 artworks by 67 artists. At the time, Peggy’s art collection found a temporary home in the Hale House, Peggy’s residential space, until 1942, when Art of This Century opened its doors to the public in October of that same year. The art forum space, that was neither a museum nor a gallery but a fusion of the two did not just permanently complemented the aesthetics of Peggy’s art collection with its avant-garde design but also hosted temporal exhibitions of paintings made by young, then unknown, American artists. It was at this innovative art space that European modern masters were juxtaposed to young American action painters for the first time in…
An aspect of the 1970s feminist movement, the feminist art movement created a voice for women in the art world. A large part of this art movement was recreating the image of the woman in artwork. Female artists represented their nude or clothed bodies as a form of bodily autonomy, rather than as objectification. Similarly, Frey’s Pink Lady works to represent the semi-nude female body in an alternative representation of women. Taking merely the alternate form of the female figure a step further, Frey also tells a story with her artwork.…
Olive Mudie-Cooke is the artist I have chosen for this research project. Olive Mudie-cooke was a women in the First world war mostly known as a British artist. She is to me an advocate for women everywhere. With aspiring love, courage and inspiration to us all. This women has done so much in her life to help others, as we can see through her watercolors and chalky drawings.…
Over Thanksgiving break I went with my family to the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art which is located at Johnson County Community College. The Nerman Museum has a variety of pieces created from different mediums including: clay, painting, photography, sculpture and drawing to name a few. I spent most of my time looking at an exhibit the museum has through March of 2017, called “Domestic Seen.” While many of the pieces included in this exhibit are very simple, they are meant convey perceptions of different life experiences like wealth, women, celebrities, and children just to name a few. In doing so, viewers may be able to see different depictions of their lives.…
At times, a photograph provokes a large sympathy more directly rather than any other writing or record. In Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother," I could see the face and neck of a woman whose face was wrinkled, and two young children surrounding the woman’s neck and shoulders. The picture contains a symbolic and historical image of the mother who had to survive by risking her children's lives during the time of the Great Depression. Throughout this photograph, I could think that she was very maternal toward her children.…
American artist, Andy Warhol, once said, “they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Many see that one must take action before they get anywhere. Artist feel the need to express themselves in various ways in order to prove that rather than looking at the value of the work itself, society should focus on taking matters into their own hands for the betterment of the nation. Artist of the early 1900’s constructs themselves into society so that a change can happen. Their influences such as shaping society, expanding entertainment industries and putting an increase of unique styles of buildings, lead up to how people live today; and by taking a leap into the past, one can see the influence of artists on…
The photograph, “The New Mothers”, by Sally Mann is not only a very contradicting photo, but is also viewed by many people to be a contradictory statement. The photograph appears contradictory because through this snap shot, Mann is stimulating the maturity of the children, and fostering the idea that all females will grow up to have a part in motherhood. Mann is challenging the global standpoint of femininity. It is an overall global view today, that whether you get married and then have children, or have children and then get married, most women will become a mother at some point in her life. Mann demonstrates several key elements in this photograph like the landscape, body language, focus, and the usage of props.…
Even by simply acknowledging a relation between elitists and the ‘average’ person in the artistic world, the recognition of life’s other inequalities seeps through, one of which can be located under the subject of women’s…
Working right after the first World War ended, Hannah Höch created the collage Das schöne Mädchen [The Beautiful Girl] in 1920. She was a member of the Berlin Dada group who specialized in collage. The specific collage in question depicts key aspects of femininity—hairstyles, fashion, and lace-work—alongside working machinery from the time. The collage is made up of photographs and advertisements cut and overlapping each other, combining visuals into a cohesive statement. The materials of the collage are typical of Hannah Höch’s work from this time period as she was one of the originators of fotomontage.…
One of the feminist photographers who significantly contributed to the 20th-century feminist photography in the United States and Europe is Jo Spence owing to her role in the formation of the feminine group Hackney Flashers in 1974 and extensive writing and exhibition (Warren, 2005). Jo Spence mainly focused her feminist photographic work on the work, women, and domestic spheres and later developed phototherapy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer using series of self-portraits as therapy and passed on in 1992. Her work acted as inspiration for Angela Kelly born in Ireland and living in the United States who focuses her work on the problems faced by females growing up in a society that is male-dominated, representation, and realism. The work of Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Mary Kelly, and Sarah Charlesworth among others focused on representation and gender construction evident in cultural myths and stereotypes and perpetuated by mass media and visual images. These feminist photographers worked on challenging political and cultural bias that deeply affected women during the 1970’s and 1980’s.…
Over the years, children’s literature has established itself as a vital tool for the exploration, feeling and creativity ideals that both children and young adults depend upon. Children’s literature is a necessity to facilitate learning, assist in shaping reader’s minds, to stimulate their thought processes and is a reflection of social change. Historically, Australian picturebooks were not a readily available or utilised resource. Australian colonial children were also only exposed to British children’s books, which sheltered them from experiencing literature about their own history, nature and landscape.…