Thursday, August 4, 2011

No No Nanette: No Girls in the Guggenheim?

Where The Girls Arent by Jerry Saltz: The programmatic exclusion of women is pArtly attributable to the Art worlds being a self-replicating organism: It sees that the Art that is shown and sold is made mainly by men, and therefore more Art made by men is shown and sold. This is how the misidentification, what Adorno called a negative system, is perpetuated. I have been watching the trends on this with alarm, it is a true fact that women are under-represented in the Art industry. The reasoning seems to be automatic response as mentioned in this Article, but I wonder if there might be something else involved. Something at the core of womanhood.

Art is incredibly personal. women, generally being more in touch with our feelings, tend to create more personal Art with less detachment than a male Artist. That means that there is more invested emotionally, making it hard to then put a piece up for others to see, it is like being naked in a way, its very exposing.

Some of you have heard me refer to my Paintings as babies. This is not an uncommon sentiment. the creation process is borne from deep within and lovingly created over time. It makes us laugh and cry and grow very attached. I do this that there is a reluctance sometimes among women Artists (myself included) to sell their babies.. I mean pieces - will it go to a good home? will it be treated well and loved? and what is that curator doing with my baby?

Women are by nature just as competitive as men (and I will challenge anyone who says otherwise!) but I wonder if our personal attachment to our Paintings may be creating some of the is sues. I dont think this is a bad thing, it creates a both and an empathy to the works that really comes across to the viewers. maybe we need to set aside our fears and worries about our babies and send them off to the galleries with a packed lunch, cry and then be proud that something we gave birth to is doing so well.

A lifelong passion for the human body, Jennie has studied anatomy and many aspects of Art and history. She has long felt a drive to create in everything she does, however it was a debilitating car accident that renewed her passion for Art and has been a therapeutic escape while bridging the gap between a hobby and Art. She works continually with her passion for the human body exploring contemporary styles and Media. Jennie also uses Art as a cathArtic release to explore her feelings about the car accident and her new disability. Her Art is rich, frequently confronting and varied in style, context and meaning

Jennie was born in the USA and moved to Australia with her parents while young. She spent key years studying with her Artist grandmother and excelled at Art and design at school, winning several awards. Jennie has studied Art and design at a university level and has worked in the design industry as well as in Information Technology and Project Management. Jennie now works as a full-time Artist from her home in Melbourne, Australia.


Author:: Jennie Rosenbaum
Keywords:: Art, Feminism, Moma, Guggenheim, women Artists, Painting
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