Today on the pod we have Gabby who shares her knowledge on female representation in art throughout history. Gabby is so passionate and truly so well versed in all areas of art that she studies.

She has her BA Honors in Art History and is currently a student in Museum Studies. Her areas of expertise are modern and contemporary art, art and viewer engagement that includes how people relate to artwork, and how art evokes intense affects from the viewer… which she says is fitting in relationship to feminist art because often, this kind of art does evoke such a strong reaction from it’s audience.

I am so grateful that I got to record our conversation for the first official episode of This Is Women. On the podcast we talk about:

• the socialization of women and how that relates back to classical ideals of the female archetype in art
• the male gaze in art, and the power dynamics between the male artist and the female subject
• nude women in art
• censorship of the female body

To connect with Gabby follow her art blog www.woodcut.ca and her art meme account @stone_fruit_only

 

Articles mentioned in the show: 

John Berger, “The Naked and the Nude"

Guerrilla Girls: Do women have to be naked to get into the met? 

Eileen Mary Holowka, “Between artifice and emotion: the “sad girls” of Instagram" 

Carman Winant, “Our Bodies, Oline”

 

Art referenced in conversation:

Susannah and the Elders (Tintoretto, 1556)

Olympia (Manet, 1863)

Rokeby Venus Venus (Velazquez, 1651)

La Maja Vestida (Goya, 1805)

Interior Scroll (Carolee Schneemann, 1975)

 

Resources to learn more  :

• Website maintained by Dr. Charmaine Nelson, a professor of Art History: https://www.blackcanadianstudies.com
• An archive of Amalia Ulman’s Instagram performance Excellences and Perfections: https://webenact.rhizome.org/excellences-and-perfections/
• A site run by two female art/culture writers that post essays including art criticism, institutional critique, etc.: https://www.thewhitepube.co.uk/art
• A digital exhibition from last year that engages with digital art, identity, and other relevant topics: https://koffler.digital/times-and-places-splash-page/
• An arts organization that supports LGBTQ2I+ artists through grants, mentorship, and other resources: https://www.queer-art.org
• The Guerrilla Girls website: https://www.guerrillagirls.com
• Race Theory and Anti Racist literature Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1LXPuMSClWqPlOKYGVumjUXj-_ZWe71hf
• Antonio Bueno, The Painter and the Model (1952): https://www.wikiart.org/en/antonio-bueno/the-painter-and-the-model-1952

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