'Oppression Of Women In Lee Krasner's Invocation'

Imagine looking at a painting on the wall and being instantly transported to another universe, one where there is no political divide, racism, or oppression. Through Lee Krasner’s Invocation, she transports the viewer away from the oppression created by society. Women during the 1960’s were unequal in the workplace to men. Stemming from the end of World War II where men were returning home from their tour of duty and demanding their jobs back. Even though this was slightly different than in the art world, where Krasner would have had to deal with critiques viewing her work as obsolete in comparison to her male counterparts. Only for the fact she is female and the age-old view that women were obsolete in comparison to men which still prevails in some modern …show more content…
Nonetheless, Krasner is an iconic abstract expressionist for the fact she is the first female artist to claim status in the New York School. However, her artwork Invocation is not one of her most famous works; nevertheless, through the salmon and cream background, it creates an aura, like that of the sun setting (see Fig. 1.). Tying in the horizontal sage lines that branch, feeding off each other racing toward and filling the canvas as you reach the orange and magenta circles. This would remind the viewer of alien plants racing toward the two suns reaching for the best vantage point to photosynthesize. The orange and magenta circles that vibrate in the upper right corner of the canvas like two alien suns setting in a tranquil unison. This whole scene paints a new alternate universe one that seems more tranquil and lacking the bigotry of the time that is even noticeable in the modern world, in fact, her masterpiece is applicable from the 1960’s when it was conceived until now almost fifty