Avant-garde

The Gurlesque is a term coined by Arielle Greenberg who, together with Lara Glenum, brought together what they acknowledged as Gurlesque poems in their recent anthology where they propose the rise of a new tendency in contemporary avant-garde poetry by women. They define the Gurlesque as “an emerging field of female artists now in their 20s, 30s and early 40s who, taking a page form the burlesque, perform their femininity in a campy or overtly mocking way. Their work assaults the norms of…

Matisse's painting Dance, is often considered to be the painting that launched his artistic career and got him into the mainstream of modern art as we know it today. The Dance is known to be a key example of modernism since it satisfies the quota that art critic Clement Greenberg has set forward for us and paves a new direction in modern art for future generations to follow. According to Greenberg, modernism in painting should have a strong focus on the basic structure presented in each artwork…

Born in Springfield, Illinois in 1943, David Hammons is a world-renowned African-American installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor (“David Hammons” 2016). In 1963, Hammons moved to Los Angeles to study advertising at Los Angeles Trade Technical College (“David Hammons” 2016). While in advertising school, Hammons began taking night classes at the Otis Art Institute where he studied under the notable artist Charles White (“David Hammons” 2016). After unearthing his prodigious…

Akhenaten must have truly valued his wife to bestow her with such an honor with his full confidence in her ability to help him manage the reforms he wished to initiate. Nefertiti must have wielded more power than any woman in Egypt since the time of Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE). (Mark) Several temples to Aten had been commissioned in Thebes by the pharaoh before his announcement. The artwork on these temples were unlike the adornments of previous temples. Idolatry of gods and reliefs…

The women in the novels Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi are a chief example of the theme of matriarchy present throughout the text. The novel has a prevalent feminist air, which is exhibited in the presence of numerous female role models, and the character Marji 's various protests against the men in the Regime. These moments of rebellion on Marji 's part may stem from the influence her matriarchal role models had on her. Examples of these role models include Marji 's mother and grandmother. Both…

to think “like a poet” because poets do not think alike. To be a poet, one must have something to say that is worth saying. Therefore, if all poets thought alike, then their poetry would not be that good…right? However, poetry is not completely avant-garde and formless. There are specific modes of thinking that allow one to stand out as a poet. Jane Hirshfield says “a good poem draws on the originality hidden at language-making’s core and also replenishes that originality. It flenses the dulling…

The Hippie era has come to end and the days of self awareness have arrived. Instead of focusing on love to all, many Americans were indulging in their own self pleasure. According to Alfred Kinsey’s research,” Americans sexual behavior deviated from their widely accepted norms” (Escoffier 1). Wilhelm Reich added to Kinsey’s research with the remark that he, “believed sexual repression overwhelmingly distorted psychological development “(Escoffier 1). To further societies receptivity of…

lack of intellectual development in women id due to the differences in educational opportunities between the two sexes” (213). It is for these reasons that the adaptation of her male cohorts’ views to her vision of women qualifies her as being avant-garde, or,…

The theme of adversity and how it affects characters discussed in class can be seen clearly within the novels Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The fictional novella Of Mice and Men - based in 1930’s California during the Depression - demonstrates the struggles of adversity through the characters Curley’s Wife and Crooks, and the non-fictional story of Persepolis – a story narrating the author’s childhood during the Islamic Revolution during the 1980’s in Iran…

Presented as a memory play, The Glass Menagerie complements the poet’s lifelong perception of and fascination with illusion and reality and shows William’s notion on the subjectivity of memory. In the post World War II backdrop of trauma and disillusionment and equipped with the heritage of Freud’s psychoanalysis theory, the functioning of the memory became an important theme in theatre as well as in other arts. American theatre when compared to other art forms was slow to change and hand in…