Tuesday, February 9, 2010

ra ra ra

"Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone. It is, quite spectacularly I think, art which is not based on the subjugation of one half of the species. It is art which will take the great human themes — love, death, heroism, suffering, history itself — and render them fully human. It may also, although our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable of the ambition, introduce a new theme, one as great and rich as those others — should we call it 'joy'?"
Andrea Dworkin, "Feminism, Art, and My Mother Sylvia," in a speech, April 16, 1974, at Smith College, Northampton, Mass

^ quote we might be able to build off of? (for proving -male-feminist-art can be possible?)

Also, discovered one of the old masters of art, William Blake, was indeed a feminist--was friends with Mary Wollstonecraft-- however i don't know if his feminism is expressly portrayed in his art...would he be a good example? or maybe not?

here's one of his paintings... he did a lot of mythological and biblical references, yet, when he did such controversial goddesses as this one (Hecate--when roman times hit, they labeled her as a monster [bringer of death etc...]) they are not shown as such. but i'll keep researching him, I've just skimmed his paintings so far, maybe i can find some that apply better.


http://bedsofpurple.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/hekatewilliamblake.jpg

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