tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post5965716382069518317..comments2024-03-26T22:48:55.424-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: Lady picture showBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-22278074928256637352016-02-21T22:05:36.271-08:002016-02-21T22:05:36.271-08:00The work of women as artists does deserve to get m...The work of women as artists does deserve to get more attention than it's gotten overall so far. This I don't necessarily have a problem with. But that work is sidelined, almost being treated as irrelevant.<br /><br />And no, the lack of color plates certainly doesn't help. Black and white in art can be a neat effect, but for most of this stuff it's not at all representative of what was made.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-25253052369768921942016-02-10T18:18:59.432-08:002016-02-10T18:18:59.432-08:00The idea of a book specifically about women in art...The idea of a book specifically about women in art is rather offensive in itself. Can you imagine anyone suggesting one about male artists being taken seriously? Of course it could be all our own fault for having spent hundreds of generations making homes more comfortable - curtains over the cave doors and pictures of baby dinosaurs (so fubsy) next to the sleeping shelves - all go a long way to verifying man's suspicions that women are only capable of making decorative art rather than professional art. It's not dissimilar to cookery - women cook but men are chefs. It's a general prejudice that has a long history. It's also one that still subscribed to by many women.<br /><br /><i>There's a place for the Apollonian in art - there's a reason why paintings are generally exhibited in frames and not crumpled on the floor.</i> hahaha<br /><br />Meanwhile, I agree with you that publishing a book about art of any kind without color plates is insulting to both the artists and the audience. It's like whoever wrote the book didn't take the work seriously either.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com