Semester Project

Inan and Muhamad's semester project

We have created a website to discuss the biography of Maria Sibylla and showcase some of her art works.

Click this link - https://katawmuhamad8.wixsite.com/maria-sibylla-merian

Semester Project: Price of Patriarchy

Price of Patriarchy 

My semester project focused on how sexual assault is the result of Patriarchy. This is the power men feel entitled to with the belief that it is what society has granted them. It makes them think they have a sense of authority over women and those that are below them. Artist works included are by Barbara Kruger, Yoko Ono, Monica Mayer and Ana Mendieta. Barbara Kruger's work "We don't need another hero" shows how men are seen as individuals with higher strength and that women should just remain as the admirers because they are "weak". Yoko Ono's "Cut Piece" allowed the audience to cut pieces of her clothing until leaving it all torn. It addresses the issue of women turned into sexual objects and aggression. As observed in the video those recorded near the end became sexually aggressive toward her compared to those from the beginning. 'El Tendedero" by Monica Mayer was a way to show the massiveness of sexual assault and treatment of women. The reponses in the notecards were hung in a clothesline as a way to show women's daily labor. Ana Medietas "Rape Scene" was inspired by a rape and murder of a nursing student by another done at the Univeristy of Iowa. As Michele Obama, said in her speech "we love our boys and raise our girls" because of that boys stay that way and don't no move on to become men. This doesn't not deal with the inequality of wage but the one society has between men and women. Nobody is entitled to anything from another individual, patriarchy enslaves  one to give power to the other. It kills the humanity we have toward that person because they are seen as "something I control".
Link: https://youtu.be/9ogYpilbN7s
Resources:
https://youtu.be/kfozNMw971Q
https://youtu.be/XgLv2ChZsWo
https://youtu.be/MTgVXCRnF7A
https://youtu.be/ZmWBrN7QV6Y
https://youtu.be/L2_Q5K7uJW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBsXU9fAoc

Semester Project; Sexual Violence

My project is on Sexual Violence. I took it upon myself to make a news article including grotesque images to amplify the seriousness of the cause. I included two testimonies of women who have been victims of rape. One was very recent and I am sure you all are familiar with Karina Vetrano. She and her father jogged together and the one night her father didn't accompany her she was raped and murdered. There is still not much information on what happened to her but that is why I decided on this topic because there are so many women who live through grotesque moments like these and don't live to tell. Their name and face just becomes another one on the list of victims. I also chose to include a story of a women who was living through sexual violence in her marriage, and how her husband constantly abused her. Sexual Violence can happen in any setting and with any relationship. I want to spread awareness because for 90% of women being raped is a super high percentage and has to decrease for the sake of respect and safety. I have done research to seek for artists who used their talent to help spread awareness on this cause and ways to stop it. One of which stood out to me the most was Jennifer Koren. Her project consisted of the hashtag #ithappenedtometoo. The hashtag allowed it to be spread all over the internet. It was a way for women to share their stories anonymously and speak their minds. This then caused other women to open up. Million and millions of people would read the narratives of what other people would post and share it with friends. The experiences served as a wake up call. The fact that it was anonymous allowed women to express their abuse detail by detail which meant the readers would have a feel of what has happened and feel the pain the woman has felt. I didn't want to post this as a website for the clear indication that now-a-days people will ask just for likes and think that's support but honestly it's not. I want to make my project a physical one. The one anyone can touch and can't just swipe to exit.

Semester Project

Perceived gender differences between men and women have been on going debate for years. In a study in the United Kingdom wrote, " Many men and women find having a formal or informal mentor an important helping factor with their career progression. However, it appears that there are some differences in the way men and women describe what they found most valuable about the mentoring relationship. Women tended to concentrate on the ways in which their mentors had helped them build their internal confidence and help them to do thing for themselves. While men's answers were more instrumental and they offered specific examples where mentors had helped them, for example to write a book, get onto editorial board or apply for a research grant" (Oxford). It was interesting to see that men and women were able to work together but it was not always like that. In this class this semester I learned that females were greater artists than I already knew, because we weren't really introduced to many. In reference, Chadwick states that “our language and expectations about art have tended to rank that produced by women as below that produced by men in “quality”, resulting in lesser monetary value. This has profoundly influenced our knowledge and understanding of the contributions made by women to painting and sculpture” (Chadwick). The male gaze is the metaphorical tunnel through which women are viewed and portrayed in. It can also be described as the lens through which our culture asserts control and dominance over women. Women are relegated to being that of objects and are stripped of agency; male gaze has created a culture that is responsible for the social death of women.


Link:
http://pub.lucidpress.com/727486ca-8528-48dd-af87-365a64c896ba/

Semester project

My name is Sheree and this the finished beginning of my new blog. Although this was an assignment I took it upon myself to start something I've been wanting to do for a while now! My blog directed towards woman but more directly towards young black women. My second post on my blog talk about Mickalene Thomas and how she fits right into the theme of my blog! The blog is most definitely not perfected but there's so much more to come from it. I hope you all enjoy and follow me!!!


MY BLOG!

Final project

Jenna Arvelo
Semester project

    My semester project was based on a solo exhibition held in Bradley hall on the fifth floor December 12th 2017 titled ‘American Girl’. The exhibition is still up for view till January 31st. The themes this exhibition addresses pertains to the portraiture of young women of color and reclaiming the imagery that surrounds them. 
                                                            *Artist Statement:

   My intentions for this body of portraits stem from my deep admiration for women of color. These portraits are of women I’ve came across through social media and in real life; they’re my peers, my friends and my inspiration. This series was born with the purpose of confronting and reclaiming the imagery that surrounds women of color in place of one that engages with them as real individuals and allows their narratives to be spoken in a visual context. They are the faces of this new American culture.
   As people of color, representation matters. Throughout the history of portraiture, great artists and patriarchy, we fail to see great women artists, let alone women of color. In the history of women and art, portraiture surroundings women appealed solely to the male gaze; and in the context of  black women, the racist ideologies that were born from American slavery. For this reason I wanted to reclaim this history by creating portraits that appealed in a more inclusive humanist context allowing new narratives to be heard and acknowledged.
  This series in relation to other works of art that I’ve created stands as the only definitive body of work that embodied a solid idea in contrast to the scattered making I’ve done in the past.
Some of the issues I faced when creating this series was how to approach representing these individual women. Was it my place to be depicting them in this way? Was I taking their character out of context because I was viewing some of them as an outsider of their actual lives? Many of these questions came up as I talked to some of these women or did research on their actual lives (via Social media networking). So to remedy this, I used images they’ve taken themselves or had given me and incorporated specific details into their portraits that they’ve made publicly known.
  In the context of contemporary art, I believe this series fits into the pluralist notion of allowing the lives of these young women and their perspectives to exist simultaneously in the same space. It emphasizes the equal importance each one of these perspectives have and allows the viewer to redefine identity in the context of race, culture and gender.
 Artists that have influenced this series include Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley,  Jordan Casteel, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kudzana - Violet Hwami and Monica Hernandez.

‘American Girl’ painting directory
—Jenna Arvelo


‘Monica’: Oil on Canvas, 18’x 24’, 2017

‘Mars’: Oil on Canvas, 18’x 24’, 2017

‘Lee’: Oil on Canvas, 18’x 24’, 2017

‘Gabby’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24', 2017

‘Anajah’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24', 2017

‘Josie’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24' 2017

‘Salma’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24' 2017

‘Janet’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24' 2017

‘Haitian Mutt’: Oil on Canvas, 18' x 24' 2017

Images from the Exhibition:

           

Semester Project

 https://kiananbetts.wixsite.com/artsociety

Semester Project

Ajibola Martins

12/09/17

Arts and Women

Arts and Women Semester Project

My name is Ajibola Martins. I am from Lagos, Nigeria. Moved to the United States in 2011.Why am I saying this? You may ask. Growing up, I had a lot of problem with my body image. There was always than one person, that was prettier, and had a lighter skin than I did. What is my point? You may ask again. I found every possible way to hide all my insecurities. I’ve been bullied for not looking like the norm. I’ve been bullied for basically just doing me. Where am I going with this? The point is, I grew up not appreciating myself and all the flaws I have in me. I always believed I had it worse than other kids that had to be “odd” due to medical issues. I’m an African girl with a very strong accent, but you would never know because I taught myself how to hide my “insecurities” that made me stand out.

During my senior year in High School, I took an AP studio class. We were asked to create artworks that defines who we are as a person. I could have created any artworks that exaggerated my beauty. I could’ve created artworks that would seem really appealing to the eye. However, I created series of self-portraits depicting myself with snapchat emojis. I used snapchat emojis only to show how easy it was for my to hide certain insecurities about myself, and feel good about myself in the process. Snapchat filters, to me, sort of heightens one’s beauty in a way. I’m certain that some females can probably relate to this on different levels. People feel the need to use these filters to appreciate themselves more, and feel accepted around, simply because it’s the “norm” and others use it.

I will be using Frida Kahlo as my main subject in this. Frida mostly painted self portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Through her pictures, she shared her physical challenges depicted in nearly nude, revealing her spine as a  decorative column. Her paintings show she still hurts from the accident. She uses certain objects to symbolize an ongoing battle and physical pain, but also how she is just able to accept it. Unlike me, that use snapchat filters to cover up my “pain”, Frida embrasses her pain and that is what makes her a stronger individual. Frida uses her sufferings through her paintings to help women display “their pains and frustrations and thus make steps towards making sense of and understanding them”. Rather than covering them up, showcasing your pain, and expressing your insecurities in one way or another will only help one overcome it.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY GALLERY. (click on the pictures).

CLICK HERE FOR ART HISTORY OF SELFIE VIDEO.

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kahlo-frida.htm

Semester Project

Laura Callaghan

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHyPG9WnMtQ&feature=youtu.be




Thank you much professor! It was a pleasure.

Extra Credit

Sana Sajid: November 25, 2017

The Dinner Party exhibition was definitely worth seeing in person because it represents a timeline of women and their struggles in the form of a triangular dinner table with detailed place settings for 39 women. On the floor and the tablecloth, there are more women names who have shaped the feminist movement in some way. All the dinner plates are in the shape of a vulvar and resemble a butterfly. A work that i saw with a similar theme included another series of works done by Judy Chicago which kept with her ideas of feminism and an equal world. Another artwork that stood out was by Joseph Kosuth because it was the first one when you walk into the museum. It is called Five Fives. His work revolved around language through poems and the effect they have in art. This can be related to Judy Chicago’s banners because they too use language as a medium in art.