Feminism
The idea that a women’s worth is not as great as a mans had been smashed against the rocks so many times that the argument is flawed and irrelevant.
Todays biggest CEO’S are majority women.
Feminism first came into the eyes of the art world when women artists/photographers demanded the same respect and exhibition rights as men. Since then the feminine world really hasn’t looked back.
There have been key figures in the fight against feminism and this can’t be summed up any better then the work of the gorilla girls.
A group of female artists who dressed in masks and routinely attacked the way the world thought about women and their work.
This was the type of work that they were famous for, bringing to the forefront the views of women in today’s world.
One artist who has stood out and clearly demonstrated the idea of crossing gender roles and producing work that shows women in jobs, which are stereotypically dominated by men, is Cindy Sherman.
Campaigning for equal rites and recognition on the same level as male artists, one of the ways this has been tackled or approached by Cindy Sherman is to show in her own characteristic style, self portraits wearing various outfits, showing roles which are not normally associated with women such as a bus drivers or male school children. By doing so she has drawn the gaze and attention of thousand to the cause.
(accessed 14/04/2011)
http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/10257 (accessed 14/05/2011)
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