Research, Mediation and Curation with a gender perspective
Hon – en katedral (in English: She – a Cathedral) is one of the monumental sculptures created by French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It was a temporary indoor sculpture installation for the Moderna Museet of Stockholm created in collaboration with Jean Tinguely and Per Olof Ultvedt in 1966. The structure was 25m (82feet) long… Continue reading Hon by Niki de Saint Phalle
Odalisques are one of the best-known representations of eastern women. During the 19th century with the artistic movement known as Orientalism, the odalisques became a common figure especially in erotic paintings. These painters depicted the odalisques as women of exotic beauty, half-naked and in sensual poses. Probably the first image that comes to our mind… Continue reading Odalisques
Christine de Pizan (or de Pisan as appears in very ancient texts) was an Italian author of Late Middle Ages, her most famous work is The Book of the City of Ladies where she creates an allegorical city to ladies and defends them by collecting an array of famous women throughout history. In this book… Continue reading Who was Christine de Pizan?
Leonor Fini was one of the many women artists attracted by the Surrealist movement during the 1930’s. What attracted them was the anti-academic stance of the movement and by an art that put emphasis in personal reality. But once they realized that Surrealism defined their role as one of confirming and completing the creative cycle… Continue reading The Guardian of the Black Egg by Leonor Fini
Last weekend I went to watch Mary Shelley, the film that tells her story with Percy Bysshe Shelley and how this relationship inspired her to write Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus. The original title was A storm in the stars, but it was changed in January 2017. The film, directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, is based… Continue reading ArtReview: Mary Shelley (the film)
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