Inspired by nutcrackers depicting female figures - and in particular one found on the internet of Hilary Clinton - these interactive sculptures embody the two polar stereotypes of female power; the idealized,
sexualized nude female form and the too - powerful, nut - busting uberwoman.
In her male
nudes, the subject «is used as a vehicle to express erotic feelings, just as male artists have always used the
female nude» [10] In works such as Paul Rosano Reclining (1974) and Imperial Nude: Paul Rosano (1975), Sleigh portrayed her male subjects in stereotypical female poses in order to comment on past biases in which male artist have depicted sexualized female nu
nude» [10] In works such as Paul Rosano Reclining (1974) and Imperial
Nude: Paul Rosano (1975), Sleigh portrayed her male subjects in stereotypical female poses in order to comment on past biases in which male artist have depicted sexualized female nu
Nude: Paul Rosano (1975), Sleigh portrayed her male subjects in stereotypical
female poses in order to comment on past biases in which male artist have depicted
sexualized female nudes.