Even from the 1980’s it is still around and well known in the art world. I keep finding this when I would search for articles and videos to post, so I figured it was about time to put it up. This is another poster made by the Guerrilla Girls, and this one is very similar to the article in our text Women: Images and Realities by Kesselman, McNair and Schniedewind. The list in the article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” found in our text by Peggy McIntosh lists similar things to this post. This list is significantly more sarcastic in tone compared to the McIntosh article. From 1988, “The Advantages of being a Woman Artist” has only listed a few advantages, but these are powerful by themselves and have a lot to say about women regardless of being an artist. Take for instance “Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood” this one is felt by many women, as well as “Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others” can be felt by other women too. “Working without the pressure of success” is the one that bothers me the most, like she’s just painting for the fun of it. If it is “good” then that’s just by accident and its nice benefit, but it wasn’t expected. I feel that these can be applied even outside of the art world.
Here is the link for the poster.
Enjoy!
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3 years ago
2 comments:
Wow that's pretty bleak when you really look at it. Now that I think of it, of the VERY few artists I can name, none are female. I can name lots of female manga artists though! (haha) But seriously, I really can't think of a single one! How sad is that? So the poster must have a good deal of truth to it as far as art goes along with it's viable applications to all women.
Awesome! I love the sarcasm: Knowing my career will pick up when I'm eighty. That's pretty reassuring; talk about job security. The poster is interesting though (Nik would want us to ask "why?" and try to be scholarly), with what it's implying. Escaping in your 4 free lance jobs - ouch! I wouldn't want to be working four jobs! Having more time to work after you've been dumped for someone younger? Are we just accepting that men are doing this? Are older, married women afraid of men finding someone my age and running off with her? I don't want to have to worry about that when I grow up.
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