Jennifer Linton!

http://www.jenniferlinton.ca/

So this wonderful artist, Jennifer Linton is definitely worth mentioning on this blog.

The images you see are from her recent alphabet series in pencil crayon (2007), which works off of the concept of the children's alphabet book as translated for adults, focusing on issues related to emotion and politics, from a personal, feminine perspective.

I really hope you check out the rest of her series on her web-portfolio, as well as her other work, it's really fab.

Other topics she explores in her other work include menstruation, pregnancy, gay and queer imagery, religion, consumerism, and the expression of emotion.

She harkens back in her imagery to symbols such as pomegranates, apes, and severed heads which tend to remind me of both Frida Kahlo and Artemisia Gentileschi.

She works mainly in pencil crayon, but also has some ties to printmaking techniques.

But I could talk all day, check her out for yourself...

Just for some Painful Laughs...

The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist:

Working without the pressure of success.

Not having to be in shows with men.

Having an escape from the art world in your 4 free-lance jobs.

Knowing your career might pick up after you're eighty.

Being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine.

Not being stuck in a tenured teaching position.

Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others.

Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood.

Not having to choke on those big cigars or paint in Italian suits.

Having more time to work when your mate dumps you for someone younger.

Being included in revised versions of art history.

Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius.

Getting your picture in the art magazines wearing a gorilla suit.

(This list was taken from http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/)

new & improved

thanks so much for all your help, ladies - here's the new & improved version. i'm way happier with this one :)

sorry, so many posts!!!

new introduction to write-up, tell me what you think!

Our objective in our presentation is to address extreme feminist art through a specific dialogue: the revulsion and disgust of the audience. From shock to distaste, extreme feminist art ignites ideas, uncertainities, and repressed thoughts to the viewer. Our title, “Feminist Aesthetics of Disgust” emphasizes the importance of the viewer and their reactions to art work. The definition of disgust is a “strong repugnance, aversion, or repulsion excited by that which is loathsome or offensive” (OED). Michelle Meagher, an Albertan professor on feminist cultural studies, calls disgust “…a habituated emotion linked to and reflective of cultural paradigms…disgust is an attempt to render oneself distinct from that which disgusts”. Extreme feminist art involves the intimate, personal, and fragile thoughts and ideas that is present in the viewers' life: if the viewer acknowledges this presence, the viewer will become vulnerable. We chose to examine four different artists who, through their own (dis) taste, create disturbance and cross boundaries.

bouncing ideas for introduction / conclusion...

PS: we should probably explain why we decided to have the theme of
'disgust' as our main theme in our write-up... what would be a good definition?
what does disgust mean?
OED: Strong repugnance, aversion, or repulsion excited by that which is loathsome or offensive, as a foul smell, disagreeable person or action, disappointed ambition, etc.; profound instinctive dislike or dissatisfaction.

In the essay about jenny saville, Michelle Meagher calls disgust: "... a habituated emotion linked to and reflective of cultural paradigms" (32).
She also describes how disgust in art is socially constructed...when we feel disgust, we do not recognize why, nor how our revulsion is created, "disgust reveals something about the way our social orders are structured and how we variously inhabit those social orders...as a gut reaction, disgust is an attempt to render oneself distinct from that which disgusts--disgust is that embodied practice of cringing, backing away, highlighting one's separation from an object"

Bouncing ideas

So disgust is the reaction to our artists' work... we are asking the viewers, why do you cringe? why do you feel repulsed? What reasons do you wish to avert your eyes? Even more so, these works of art that cause us to feel uncomfortable, they are threatening to our privacy...we feel things in association, we understand what they portray
(saville's 'bigness', coble's self-mutilation, kiki smith's intimacy with seeping,leaking, private spheres, galindo's abrasive reclamation involving women and violence)

and that is something intimate, personal, and fragile. If we acknowledge this presence, we become vulnerable.

^Is this what extreme feminist art does? It makes us vulnerable?

presentation report!

WGST 398 Presentation:

Feminist Aesthetics of Disgust

Title

Objectives-Our objective is to address extreme feminist through a specific dialogue: the revulsion and disgust of the audience. From shock to distaste, extreme feminist art ignites ideas, uncertainities, and repressed thoughts to the viewer. We chose to examine four different artists who, through their own (dis) taste, disturb and cross boundaries.

Each person talk of their artist, their themes, and the investigative processes:

1) jenny saville

2) kiki smith

3) mary coble

4) regina galindo

As a group, we met weekly to discuss our progress in researching and analyzing the artists. From a vast selection of artists, we decided to choose four so we could be specific and detailed in our presentation.

HELP ME 2

hey guys,

so after a series of technical fiascos and a bunch of weekend tomfoolery that did not involve doing homework (fail), i have complete what looks like the first draft of my art project. thanks so much for helping me hash out the ideas in our lunch meeting? it's turned into a wee video after all...could i trouble you to watch it and let me know what you think? i'm a video noob, so any recommendations on image & audio quality and critical discourse and all that jazz are much appreciated.

i tried to embed the video but the size is all wrong, so here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euASq6ltcG0

lunch meeting tomorrow?