Not exact matches
She really couldn't be any
more convincing as the spirited, headstrong, thoroughly modern
young woman — an
artist in her own right — who, as the film begins has already become Einar's wife.
Even though I truly do appreciate you and everything you have done, in the end my decision was based on the fact that 1) she is an
artist who I have been following for years 2) She is a
woman (albeit
younger than me) who has kids and is juggling art and family life and I just resonated an can relate to her
more.
«The Advantages of Being a
Woman Artist,» read another and continued, «Working without the pressure of success,» «Having
more time to work after your mate dumps you for someone
younger» and «Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius.»
While not overtly political (though it could be argued that, with the underrepresentation of
women in tech, just working with technology as a
woman artist is a feminist act), these works act as historical precedents to the
more biting commentary by
younger artists.
Looking at the work of
younger women artists today, we find glimpses of naked body parts and even genitalia in Cecily Brown's sexy abstractions, for example, but her imagery is
more about hide - and - seek amid gorgeous brushwork than putting the male body center stage.
Betty Tompkins at Foundation University Gallery Thank God a
younger generation of
artists is rediscovering the incredibly excellent Betty Tompkins, who, in the 1960s, at the exact moment Chuck Close was commencing his giant face paintings, was making huge photo - realist close - up depictions ripped straight out of straight - male porn magazines, I like Tompkins way
more than Close, not just for the porn but for how she reveals the secret lives of
women's tremendously intense vision.
Rail: Do you think all the works that you and
artists from your generation paved the way for
younger women artists today, at least in the last decade or
more?
More to the point would be to mention the
young women artists who might have been there instead of the
young guys.